one of the ones i wanted to ask you was joseph heller hoss "catch-22. tom: the original title was almost catch 18. it is now in the dictionaries. catch 22eople invoking have never read the book. manchurian candidate is another who is in the american lexicon. that-22 refers to the fact two things are asked of you and it is impossible to do both. joseph heller was a bombardier often island in italy and the and it istobiographic in novel form. he tells of a mindless -- mindless superiors asking him to do things that are implausible or wrong or being done just for theaucratic purposes or emotion of the colonel in charge. abouts a profound story ism, where the bureaucracy becomes overwhelming in terms of its own needs and self interests rather than the individuals and the soul of people who work in them. had no compunction of serving in world war ii, he felt it was a just war but the book he comes in antiwar book. because of the tales he tells. post: here's a clip from the 1970 movie. crazy to keepe flying after all the close calls he's has -- he has had. >>