Speaking of "Son of a gun," do you know where that expression came from? I read somewhere that in the British Royal Navy, back in the days of wooden ships and iron men, when a warship was in port, each sailor was allowed "one wife, no questions asked." They slung their hammocks betweent he guns, hence the term . . . and the connotations.
And if it isn't true, it ought to be.
Kirk
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