Well, you outrank me, sir. (-:
See my post 36 - I don’t think we have any baseline disagreements. And Mahatma, remember that anybody who outranks you and uses it to his/her advantage ain’t worth following.
Colonel, USAFR
So you are standing outside of Buckingham Palace, in full regalia doing your guard duty. You acknowledge no one as thousands a people a year make silly faces at you and try to get you to change your facial expression. Because on that day, that is your job.
The Queen’s carriage stops in front of you and the Queen, feeling a tad randy tosses you a wave and a wink. You wink back and take a couple of fingers off the rifle and give a little hand genture.
My bet is before the week is out, you are serving eels and mash somewhere, wishing you kept your eyes front and your mouth shut.
Guy blew protocol. Should have ignored the tingle running up his leg.