The term kit bag question refers to a question that’s better not asked, lest you suffer a consequence you might otherwise have avoided. It’s a translation of Modern Hebrew she’elat kit bag, a slang expression that arose among members of the Israeli military, and derives from the notion of a new recruit piping up to ask an officer if they should carry their kit bags while performing a task or running a drill, when they might have gotten away with not having to do so. This is part of a complete episode.
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