He used to fly fighter planes.
"Like this?"
"No! That's an M15..."
"I flew an Italian..."
And then he started talking about planes... well... like the way I talk about bags.
Or boots...
Like the boots he wore when he flew all those big planes.
Which are just like the ones he wears now, as he flies words that zoom around the world.
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