Haha! Yeah, I'd agree he's a horny ex-sailor who knows the ropes! > tho I'll go out on a limb and state that maybe he feels an affinity > for BSDM (Foppl, all of GR, the Marquis de Sod, that nutty couple, the > Leptons in M&D, Dally with a strap on, usw)--there's more to his use > than a simple metaphor for power relations, no?