Echo 5,
For elite should I say 'pointy ended' chaps?
For the lowest in the foodchain dosen't always mean the lowest in status:
'Every man an Emperor' - Field Marshall Montgomery extolling the virtues of airborne troops in WW2. The lowly grunt, often maligned but surely the best and most effective 'pointy bit' in our armoury?
RAF Officer = Pompus gits (vast majority, those that I know/know me no offence, troops!)
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