"little joe from kokomo" and "african billiards"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>(Probably this has
>never occurred to any of you civilians, but, strictly speaking, any
>civilian outranks the highest-ranking officer in the military.)

OTOH, somewhere I read something (humorous) to the effect that some Army
lifers consider "civilian" to be the only rank below "private". I suppose
this is logical given that conventional career steps such as Private -->
PFC --> Corporal are preceded by Civilian --> Private.

-- Doug Wilson, Civilian E-zero