[Ads-l] Captain Obvious

MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA) 0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Tue Jul 6 19:32:48 UTC 2021


The Quora article cites a 1994 book.  The Internet Archive has a copy of the book in question, and its copyright date is 1990:

https://archive.org/details/drummergirl0000blai/page/2/mode/2up?q=captain

> Discussed:
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> https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-expression-%E2%80%9CCaptain-Obvious%E2%80%9D
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> JL

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