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Remember the character in Catch-22 whose ln was Major? When he was born, his father registered his fn and mn as Major Major, so he was Major Major Major, and went home and lied to his wife: "I named the boy Caleb according to your wishes!" So when the kid started school, he found that he wasn't himself, but a total stranger who looked like him. He then joined the Army, rapidly promoted to the rank of Major by a computer with a sense of humour, and there he stayed. Glass ceiling. All the senior officers couldn't bear not to have Major Major Major Major on their books, so no further promotion was possible.