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Re: Admirals? We don't need no steenking admirals.
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:44:24 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
> Now, see, that's a start. A forum full of plain-
> vanilla admirals? What fun is that? They'd never
> argue or compete, they'd just compare rubber duckies
> and have waterfights.
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> Generals are good, but we can surely be even more
> creative than that. I always prefer Field Marshal;
> Elector is another good one (although that's a title
> rather than a rank). Consul, Procurator, Veldcornet,
> High Magistrate, Holy See, Kaiser, Lord High Councillor,
> et cetera, et cetera--all the way up to "Keeper of
> Fleebnorks." (What? You don't think that's a powerful
> title? Oh, but it is--where do you think those
> fleebnorks all come from? Can you imagine the kind
> of power necessary to keep them in line while they're
> waiting to be unleashed? Yeah, I knew you'd agree.)
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> all best
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> LFB
> (alas, not the Keeper of Fleebnorks)
How about 'Basher'? It was what the british generals were called in india
during its colonial times. Also in Frank Herbert's dune series it is used for
roughly the same rank. I always thought it held a bit of romance as far as
military titles go.
Spencer
I'll find a cool sig eventually...
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| (...) the term 'Basher' (or Bashar, as Herbert uses it) is such a beautiful term. Especially when thinking about Miles Teg, but that is something else altogether. Personally, one of my favorite things about the 'ranks' were how different and (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Now, see, that's a start. A forum full of plain- vanilla admirals? What fun is that? They'd never argue or compete, they'd just compare rubber duckies and have waterfights. Generals are good, but we can surely be even more creative than that. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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