Friend of mine told me a funny story, especially that he was still in awe about it 20 years later.
A big guy, had just gotten back from Viet Nam & said he was in pretty damn good shape. Stationed in Texas. Trying to get in the door of a bar one night & some little scrawny guy kept getting in his way. A little guy he said, not more than 5'5" 5'6, & scrawny.
Friend said he shoved the guy a bit & said; get out my way ya damn goat roper! He said he never got a punch in, the guy gave him the worst ass kicking he'd ever had. Said; that little SOB was all over me!
Said he damn sure never called anybody a goat roper again.
I remember seeing the opposite. Work with a guy in a LGS who was about 6'3, 240, who'd been in Nam and thought he was the chitt. Used to yip off and try to bully everyone.
One day this big Serbian guy came in, 6'5, 300, and Nam guy started yipping. Serbian guy just grabbed him by the shirt front, lifted him up and sat him on the counter with one hand.
Anytime the Serbian came in after that, Nam guy was nowhere to be seen!
