<WC4 BL officer> ...And I couldn't go on! </WC4 BL officer>
Seriously, I wasn't implying that Gryphon's response bothered me in any way, I merely thought that his tone was amusing enough to be worth commenting about. At this point, I'd suggest getting back to the topic, but it seems like there isn't much left to discuss, except perhaps the weirdness of British pronunciation
psych said:If Ripper's a Marine, I got no problems with him.
Ripper, PM inbound your way.
He didn't really jump... after WC4, he was promoted to Brigadier General (which is the next rank after Colonel). At some point afterwards, he transferred to the Navy, where he was given a rank equivalent to Brigadier General - which made him a Commodore.