tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post114357257288281957..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: AWOLThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1146489405026064502006-05-01T09:16:00.000-04:002006-05-01T09:16:00.000-04:00As always, you have made me recall an incident fro...As always, you have made me recall an incident from my ancient past as an officer in the RCAF. I had the unfortunate experience of attending a technical meeting on electronic ways of trapping submarines. At this meeting was a colleague whose greatest asset was his ability to keep his shoes shining like a mirror. We all suspected he was carrying shoe shining gear in his briefcase. This may seem a rather trivial matter to bring up, but I had pointed out to another specialist on anti-submarine warfare, that this guy was totally ignorant about the subject we were discussing. I predicted he would go into one of his escape modes, which was to reply, "That is a good question." Then he would take out his pipe and prepare it to produce a voluminous smoke screen, which soon had all of us disappearing into this generated fog. It got so bad, the chairman adjourned the meeting. The guy never did respond to the "good question." It was too bad. After all, he was an expert.William Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068135518973472144noreply@blogger.com