What follows is a true story told to me by a former coworker:
There was this guy who worked for a three-letter agency (which shall remain nameless) posted TDY to Amsterdam. He had a penchant for the ladies, so he cruised the areas where ladies-of-the-evening displayed their wares in windows. He became a frequent customer of one particular lady, so much so, that they began dating and she didn't even charge him!
(Now, here I would have become suspicious, but this guy imagined he was God's gift to women and was flattered.)
She even arranged for and paid for their hotel room in advance. This went on for over a week, then one night, she asked if she could tie him to the bed. Nothing loath, he agreed, looking forward to a kinky encounter. However, what he got was not what he wanted!
After he was bound and helpless, she put on her clothes and left, despite his entreaties. As soon as she closed the door, a closet burst open and a naked man, wearing only a Batman mask jumped out. "Batman" proceeded to have his way with the hapless victim repeatedly and at length, leaving him bound and helpless (and sore) the next morning.
Our victim, naturally, never was able to find his erstwhile girlfriend again, as she was probably enjoying a vacation thanks to "Batman," and he realized who had been paying for their hotel trysts all along, and observing the action from the closet.
Unfortunately, our victim made the mistake of confiding the occurrence to a "friend" at this same, nameless three-letter agency, who, though sworn to secrecy, found it to be too good a tale to keep. So, often when the victim walked down the halls, he had the old Batman theme from TV as background.
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Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods,"
"Well, John Henry said to the Cap'n, "A man ain't nuthin' but a man. But, before I let that steam drill beat me, gonna die with my hammer in my hand, Lawd, Lawd, gonna die with my hammer in my hand."