Lead Seaman

Feb 22, 2020 — Comic #243
The Chief points out a bespectacled seaman walking by: “There he goes, the lead seaman... so named because he’s slow and dense, as though made of lead.” His shipmate says, “Oh, I’ve been pronouncing that wrong.”

An important leadership position, like Bull Ensign or Lieutenant Junior Grade of the Coast Guard

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There he goes, the lead seaman… / …so named because he’s slow and dense, as though made of lead / Oh, I’ve been pronouncing that wrong

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