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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe has gone full Captain Queeg. I can hear the steel balls clicking in his fingers.
It's the ice cream/frozen strawberries caper all over again.
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He has gone full Captain Queeg. I can hear the steel balls clicking in his fingers. (Original Post)
trof
Feb 2020
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trof
(54,256 posts)1. I'm guessing most DUers have no idea what I'm talking about.
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)2. Yeah, maybe the "I ordered the Code Red" would be a better example...
at least a bit more contemporary.
trof
(54,256 posts)3. A Few Good Men
yeah
Hekate
(90,714 posts)4. Kick because I know what you're referring to
trof
(54,256 posts)5. Thanks. I feel especially old tonight. 78
Hekate
(90,714 posts)6. Gaining on you...
trof
(54,256 posts)7. It's a bitch, ain't it?
panader0
(25,816 posts)8. That's a good scene, the whole movie is good, but I like
the scene at the trial when he is talking about the strawberries,
and he pulls out the steel balls and proceeds to lose his grip.
hunter
(38,317 posts)9. It's far worse than that.
Trump avoided military service in a dishonorable way and would probably have given Queeg a cabinet position as Chief Strawberry Counter.