Ghosts and spirits Oh my!

[Lan Barnes]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 03:56:29PM +1300, Stephen Cope wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
> > I _so_ love google and the internet. This was the top response to
> > "victor herbert vitamin".
> > 
> > http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/history/biographies/herbert.htm
> 
> I don't see how this holds together. I'll put the quotes together for
> ease of reading:
> 
> WD MN quoting "his site and family":
> ... a retired Green Beret with the rank of Lt. Colonel and distinction
> of service in four wars.
> 
> WD MN:
> ... never a Green Beret with the rank of Lt Colonel nor did he serve
> in four wars.
> 
> WD MN quoting Victor Herbert:
> I served on active duty for five years in three wars and retired as a
> Green Beret lieutenant colonel.
> 
> Three or four?
> 

Read in context, the site says Herbert made the claim but it's
unsubstantiated.

May I say w/o it necessarily applying to Herbert, that pathological
liars rarely claim to have worked in 7 delis or to have achieved the
rank of regional night manager in the local Jack in the Box chain. It's
almost always CIA or Green Berets stuff. To the point that those claims
should trigger skepticism.

For myself, I have never worked for the CIA no can I recall ever recall
wearing a beret of any color. I did have a secret clearance in the Army,
but you'd be bored to tears if you knew why.

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