GRGR: Of Andrew's Comments

[Joe Varo]

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:

> 	My take is that he does whisper it aloud to himself.  It can be taken
> 	originally just to mean "Rocket coming, watch out!" (typical military
> 	slang), but it turns out to be literally "mail."  This means that
> 	either Pirate had been told in advance that the message would arrive
> 	this way--or that he received such messages on a more or less regular
> 	basis!

Or, Pirate didn't know just how right he was. That's how I've always taken
it, i.e. he said it figuratively, meaning incoming artillery, only later
to learn that it was literal.

Joe