Ah "Stradling" (Etiquette book mentioned by Beagle earlier)
Boy, did that guy give me some problems! I shall explain.....
For my last tour I had the immense pleasure of working in an office manned entirely by Specialist Aircrew Officers, apart from me (Enlisted Filth!).
It was "open plan" with five of us. The "Boss" sat on the far side with the other four of us in a block, together.
The "Flight Commander" was the only one with a Degree(!) and had picked-up a copy of "Stradling" from the Station library.
He would often read aloud for our/my benefit eg " If you enter the bar of a public house and encounter an airman, leave at once, it will do neither of you any good to socialise" etc, etc, etc.
It went on endlessly for MONTHS, until one day when the office was full and he quoted once too often.
I listened carefully then politely asked:
"Could you please look up what Stradling says about Officers having overdue library books, Sir"
Fun for all!
lsh
(PS; last we heard of Stradling!)