Killing people and breaking things

[Jonathan Lighter]

Good confirmation, Neal.

JL

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:

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> =46rom my uncle, who was in the navy in  the late 1960s:
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> > Yes, always referring to the Marine Corps. Since then, I've also heard it
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