On 4/30/2022 1:47 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:52:10 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <t4iv3g$6vq$1@gioia.aioe.org>, trotsky <gmsingh@email.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/29/2022 11:23 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 22:11:28 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <Q9adnfrZbZ9aD_H_nZ2dnUU7-dXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, BTR1701
>>>>> <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bush used to shoot skeet at his ranch in Texas, so presidents do use
>>>>>> firearms.
>>>>>
>>>>> LBJ rather famously hunted on his ranch. His vice president, Hubert
>>>>> Humphrey, got dragged along on one of these trips and shot a deer or
>>>>> something, and felt bad about it for the rest of his life. He felt
>>>>> that LBJ had pressured him into killing an animal, which revolted him.
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm. LBJ went to Canadian prime minister Lester Pearson's fishing
>>>> lodge and the only weapons were the secret service and the RCMP
>>>
>>> I wonder how many Americans know the RCMP is the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>> Police.
>>
>> The ones who remember Nelson Eddy certainly do. That's what,
>> twenty-four people?
>
> Good question but then given we're talking about protection of a
> national political leader I >would< at least expect Americans to guess
> that the P in RCMP means "police" or at the very least "protection"

Indeed. And, lately, we *should* have a good shot at "Royal"...