He stayed until each and every one had a personal note from him. “I have seen him interviewed. He says what he means, and means what he says, like ...ost Texas, and Oklahoma guys do.” “He is bringing his Dad here,” Susan said, while shaking her head, as she tried to make sense of everything that was happening. “Will be an interesting meeting for you. Got to go. Will tell the wife, that my sister, and her daughter, are meeting some quality people.” Tanner was wearing spit shinned boots, neatly. "I grab him and shove him hard against the wall. Now I know I'm drunk but I don't care. "Say 'gain, boy?" Nothin', sir." His eyes go a bit wide. The porter stammers nervously beside us."Watch yo' mouth or Ima make you watch mine the rest uh the trip." I lean closer and whisper - I think I whisper - "I'll eat Beth. Shit, I'll eat the porter an' not let you have uh bit. Jus' watch. You want me ta do that?"He swallows hard. "No, Sir."I let him go. He tries to recover some dignity but I could see. So, while the expression 'not caught dead' had the same meaning in America, the term 'dead' was widely used by the Brits to mean 'totally', as in 'dead certain', 'a dead ringer', and 'dead-on' for which Yanks might say 'right on'.But Nancy was a Canadian who watched Coronation Street and Upstairs/ Downstairs so she was conversant in both the Queen's English and Cockney slang. She got the joke and understood the meaning of the acronym-titled web site. NCDNIP obviously stood for Not Caught Dead. Our little group still had to finish unloading the cargo plane, and then fly all the way back to the states to pick up more vital supplies, so I was hoping he’d find it in him to get to his real reason for looking us up.After another, slightly less comfortable silence, Brooks Watson hit me right between the eyes. “Sir, the President has asked me to personally implore you to visit him in the White House at the earliest possible date. He has assured me that I am to fit you into the President’s.