The Last Ship

[GinoC]

Originally Posted by Kaye T. Bai

Well, you gotta cut him some slack; the book was written almost thirty years ago and the author was an old-fashioned WWII naval officer.

Well, perhaps, but he obviously didn't know sailors very well. It reminds of the legendary exchange between a Wren senior officer and an RN admiral during the war over relationships:

Wren - Don't worry, Sir, my girls have got it up here.

Admiral - I don't care where they've got it, my sailors will find it.