Batman (military) Batman (military) A batman or an orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign. The U.K. English term is derived from the obsolete "bat", meaning "pack saddle" (from French "bât", from Old French "bast", from Late Latin "bastum"). A batman's duties often include: The action of serving as a batman was referred to as "batting". In armies where officers typically came from the upper
What a Lemon is an instrumental taken from the Danish album "Stakkels Jim" (1974). "What a Lemon" received positive reviews from leading American music magazines like "The Village Voice" and "Rolling Stone". In the former, Robert Christgau called it a "wonderfully improbable record" and awarded it the rating A- in his "Consumers Guide" despite the "translations provided in part by an Epic PR man who deserves a new job." He also positioned it as no. 19 on his end-of-the-year "Dean's List" of his personal favorite albums, counting for the 1976 Pazz & Jop critic's poll. "Rolling Stone" reviewer Wayne Robins called the music