Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Toilets

[Lew Clayman <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>]

--- "Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu> wrote:
> Lew Clayman wrote:
> >
> > Ironically, that might have saved his life.  U-Boat losses late in
> > the War were VERY high, from what I read.
> 
> Yeah, they were high: six out of seven didn't come back?  

Something like that, don't have the references to hand.

> But it might not have saved him.  Think about sitting in a small
> camp with the guys YOU put there when you couldn't flush the
> toilet.  I bet no one ever quite forgave him. 

Never having been a POW, I cannot even guess how they react.  It's gotta be one of the all-time
uncomfortable situations, even in a camp run to the highest humanitarian Red-Cross-Approved A++
standards.  BUT - - - I'm sure he had some unfortunate nicknames from the crew!
 
> > Merely noting the irony of how things work out sometimes.
> 
> I hadn't thought of that.  The experience must have given
> him an interesting tale to tell his children ....

Or to NEVER EVER SPEAK OF AGAIN.  Hard to guess...

-L

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"Yo no soy marinero / Soy capitan"
          - Traditional Mexican Lyric (La Bamba)
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