Mojo. The life force. The essence.

[AlexEN]

Now I might be wrong - and I am sure someone will tell me that - but we all need to dig deep and find our brass ones once in a while.

Wifey,

You aren't wrong, but I'm having another one of those bad mental images... This time conflicting ones...

First, I see Captain Queeg with his brass balls... and, I guess, those are the ones we cannot let the LBS drive us toward in their Mutiny...

But, I also chuckle when women make reference to getting, finding or growing some brass ones... I can't remember who it was, but another LBS of the female persuasion made such a comment not too long ago... May have been @A&K?

Although, the more I think about it I like the brass balls reference, as long as the LBS is conscious of not letting the WAS's actions make us into Captain Queeg...

By standing up as @Thinker and others have said above, the LBS can turn the tables, by instead allowing the WAS to become battle-weary and paranoid. Because, if I remember the story correctly, he played with his brass balls when he was anxious and it was his instability and hypocrisy at the time of crisis that led to the Mutiny that saved the ship from disaster.

So, let's put the brass balls in the hands of the WAS... and find another metaphor for what the LBS needs to find, especially the women-folk...

-AlexEN