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 ====== Captain Literal ======
-A [[Great Offices of AH.com#Great Office of AH.com]]. The Captaincy-Literal is awarded to the poster who takes the most jokey posts absolutely seriously and gives a missing-the-point answer. Previous holders of the title include [[luakel]] and [[Torqumada]]; at present the Captaincy-Literal is held by [[Dan1988]].
+A [[Great Offices of AH.com#Great Office of AH.com]]. The Captaincy-Literal is awarded to the poster who takes the most jokey posts absolutely seriously and gives a missing-the-point answer. Captains Literal are also noted for answering questions that are obviously intended to be rhetorical. Previous holders of the title include [[luakel]] and [[Torqumada]]; at present the Captaincy-Literal is held by [[Dan1988]].
 Some have argued that [[Romulus Augustulus]] should hold the Captaincy-Literal, but this is probably too specific a social defect to tie him down to.
+Another recent candidate for Captain Literal is [[alt_historian]], who somehow managed to misunderstand a joke by //[[Keenir]]// and take something //[[Leej]]// said too literally in the space of one day, an unprecedented role reversal.
 Captain Literal is often misread as 'Captain Li**b**eral', which is a far more hotly competed for title on AH.com.

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