[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Semper Gumby (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Mebbe so, but the earliest 2 - 3 "legit" uses of the quote I found were all 1991, and are more likely related to Desert Storm.  It may have been invented earlier, but that's when it spread.

> 
> Can't prove it, but I suspect that "Semper Gumby" owes its existence to the
> 1987-89 revival of the character.
> 
> JL
> 
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) < william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> > >
> > > "Always flexible."
> > >
> > > GB alleges an ex. in a Gumby book in 1986, but no snippet is available.
> > >
> >
> > I suspect this is one of those cases where GB is offering a book that
> > they think is close to what you want, rather than actually fitting the search.
> >
> > Neither this:
> >
> > http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015054131670
> >
> > nor this:
> >
> > https://books.google.com/books/about/Gumby.html?id=UrN
> > kAAAAMAAJ
> >
> > yield any actual results when searching for "semper".
> >
> > Wikipedia has apocryphal credits to 1984, 1977/78, the Viet Nam era,
> > and any other random date you would wish.
> >
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