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[Jonathan Lighter]

Earlier:

1911 _Annapolis Evening Capital_ (Jan. 6) 1: Ship's Log of the Battleship
South Carolina at Gravesend...Dec. 18 [1910]...Bon voyage, Brother Gobs,
bon voyage

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 5:02 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Early:
>
> 1913 _San Antonio Light_ (July 1) 7: The "Ex-Gobs," or former bluejackets
> in the United States navy.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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