I'm going to the Navy! Again?
While serving on the Intrepid, Pops was a coach of a team that went undefeated and won the championship in this sport.
What is basketball
When he referred to his mom, he said this foreign-influenced term.
What is the Ma-selle?
Once camping, Guy Otto threw up in the tent in the middle of the night, and after cleaning it up, Pops made it all better by doing this.
What is spread pine branches through the tent to give it a nice fragrance.
One fun game Pops played with kids is when he would lie on his back and boost you up so you could mimic this heroic profession.
What is a fireman?
A fishing implement and an element of Pops' golf game.
What is a hook
While on tour, Pops once had to do a number of initiation rites along with his novice shipmates, including kissing the Royal Baby's belly, because his ship had done this.
What is cross the equator
Not as strong as Gordy Shaffs, mild disappointment or a setback could be expressed in this manner.
What is Gordy Pickwicks
The song about Guy Otto had many verses, one of which goes like this, One rubber nose, two rubber lips (x3) and finishes with this line
What is, Oh how Guy wiggles his hips.
A natural athlete, Pops played many sports, and he actually got drafted professionally to play this.
What is baseball
A predicament and an accompaniment to grilled cheese sandwiches
what is jam?
Pops had very low regard for the Marines who guarded the ship when it docked, calling them this
What are "seagoing bellhops."
The following common words have completely different words in Pops' language: money, girls, and a fight
What is Lettuce, Alfredas, and Ballgame
To prepare Guy Otto for his first mating session, Pops did this before taking him down to Otto's paramour.
What is dress him up in a white shirt and tie?
Despite the inherent danger, Pops once stored the whole supply of this in the garage for a church fundraiser to celebrate a national holiday.
What are fireworks
At a basic level, Pops has this in common with the captain of the Titanic.
What is both commanded a large ship.
Pops once missed his ship's call despite racing through an Italian town in a friend's Ferrari, but eventually made it on board by doing this.
What is boarded a mail ship and then rode a high line between ships.
He once mispronounced this Apostle's name when he was reading scripture during mass.
Who is Judas Iscariot
Of the many pets that inhabited 8156 Pollard Avenue in Fair Oaks, name one that was laid to rest back by the grape arbor and apricot tree.
Who is Fancy?
In Grass Valley, Pops named the overgrown section of the backyard for a famous leader in Asia who we fought against in a war.
What is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Paul Hornung and Pops both went to Notre Dame, but also have this post graduation achievement in common.
Both are members of a Hall of Fame
Pops began his Navy career as a junior grade Lt., but by the time he retired after serving in the Navy and the Reserves, his rank was this.
What is Commander?
Although he gives out many nicknames, his nickname in high school as seen in the yearbook was this.
What is Ed Head
Pops' beloved dog growing up, Roosevelt, had a biting problem where he would nick at your ankles, so to cure him of this, he and Uncle Woody made him carry this in his mouth.
What is a lusser.
Pops always liked to kick up his heels, and one of his dance moves he called this.
What is the Green Apple Shuffle?
Pops' wife Karen and sister Lou both had this in common in college.
What is, they both belonged to the same sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta