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To: T.Smith
(American) Admiral Daniel Gallery was responsible for capturing a German U-Boat during WWII had earlier worked with the British doing convoy planning.

He was amazed at all the initials that followed all the British names on their memos...every one of them had a series of initials behind them. One night he signed a memo, "CAPT D. Gallery, DDTM". He continued doing that for weeks.

He remarked that his British allies suddenly treated him more respectfully until one day he was cornered and asked what exactly was the DDTM.

"Dan, Dan the Toilet Man".

21 posted on 12/31/2003 5:56:05 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
CAPT D. Gallery, DDTM

For some reason this struck me as incredibly funny.

Reminds me a bit of when I was in school and went to a karate match. To keep from paying I walked in right behind a karate team and told the ticket taker I was the team's "spiritual leader". Maybe he believed me or simply thought it wasn't worth the hassle to see if I was telling the truth. Got in for free.

27 posted on 12/31/2003 11:20:54 PM PST by Lawgvr1955 (Sic Semper Tyrannus)
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