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He was a very senior flight surgeon, with a monumental ego. a real p*r*i*c*k. Enough so that half a dozen engineers who knew he was going to die preferred to remain silent.
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so that half a dozen engineers who knew he was going to die preferred to remain silent.
You're serious, aren't you? This is unimaginable to me, though I know that there were at least rumors of similar things in Vietnam.
I am getting the distinct impression that you have experienced the world as a cruel and bitter place--please correct me if I'm wrong. This is vastly different than the world I have been privileged to be in--enough so that I nearly lost my dinner, reading about certain bodily fluids.
I would like you to know that there is love---love with no strings or tricks attached--available. I hope that I am not the only one to have offered it to you.
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Would that be someone who lettered in football, basketball, softball, track & field, and debate? A real good team player?
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I suspect it was coined by a nerd who had no love for jocks.
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I thought that it was maybe a sarcastic term for someone who letters in a sport five years in a row.
I recall the line from Forrest Gump that went something like "They thought I played so good, they let me stay and play for a fifth year." Speaking of Alabama State, I think.
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Jazz thought that it was maybe a sarcastic term for someone who letters in a sport five years in a row.I have no idea what "lettering in a sport" is... can anyone explain? 
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Lettering refers to receiving a Varsity letter, usually some type of cloth emblem that can be sewn onto a Letterman's jacket. The letters are usually the first letter of the school name and it denotes what sport the letter was given in. In order to get one you have to fulfill certain requirements during the season, like participating in the sport on the Varsity (as opposed to Junior Varsity) team.
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...and getting five of them would indicate that you weren't able to graduate in the normative four years (although eligibility rules would usually prevent such participation anyway). thus a five letter man could be construed as being just a few bricks short of a load.
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getting five of them would indicate that you weren't able to graduate in the normative four years
Is this an outside joke?
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ohmyGosh... unless i'm misunderstanding your line of thinking (gee, that'd be a big surprise), i think you're right! the joke would be funny only to those who don't realize that most of us take 5+ years to complete our "four year" undergraduate programs.
good eye, faldage =)
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