[LMB] Re: A Barrayaran just-so-story

[BOB!!]

Alfred Kelgarries <alfredkelgarries at hotmail.com> wrote:

> yeah, but which real world military leader did she crib it from?
> Custer of 
> the Little Big Horn wore blue, only the brits wore red, IIRC, so
> which brit?

I'm thinking it wasn't cribbed from a real world military leader.  I
heard it first with a nautical flavor, with the principal being Sir
Francis Drake, and a cabin boy, rather than an Armsman.  It's a great
transformation of an old joke.

Regards,

BOB!!

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