gawd, I can hardly remember the Major until you reminded me. How on earth do people both remember the absurd and then have the time and ability to find the reference and the clip?
I know Google is wonderful but it still takes time. On the Vulcan thread I had an idea that an author's name was Antony Gray but didn't want to waste time looking. Someone did!
What service.
And on rank, I tried to stop using mine years ago and only do so when it is necessary for a bit of 'reinforcement' I actually dislike the "Sir" bit even and 1st Nav or boss was far more eglatarian. OTOH we once had a boss who wanted us to call all the airman Ch Tech, SAC etc whereas we knew they rather liked being known by their names - in days pre-name tags.