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Well yes, creating fake towns to deceive bombers & recon flights did work during the war...but they never went to sea Hoskins...
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News flash
A News of the World Exclusive
400 Royal Navy personal to be arrested attempting to smuggle 200 tons of grass into the UK
An exclusive from our undercover reporter monitoring Navy phone conversations
A News of the World Exclusive
400 Royal Navy personal to be arrested attempting to smuggle 200 tons of grass into the UK
An exclusive from our undercover reporter monitoring Navy phone conversations
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"Dear Mom - the Navy sent sent me on this Lynx course. It's quite challenging, but give it a few more days and I think I'll be OK..."
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Simon Brown (with the frighteningly realistic)
.."Yes Minister , I know ..
Cost overruns ..yes Minister..yes but..
With the greatest of respect Minister you did intimate you want our surface fleet to be greener...
..No minister I dont know how much its going to cost to re design the JSF so it can land on grass..
..new lawn mower contract with Qualcast i dont know how much thats going to cost the taxpayer either we havent looked into that yet Minister.
..well of course we'll have to employ groundsmen to fill in the divots after the pilots land?..then theres the watering...and the marquee isnt where it should be besides we havent had planning permission for it yet..
..no no of course there wont be a public right of access, you cant imagine a 16wheeled JSF landing on your picnic now can you..
.Thats a good idea Minister you could sell it to the Americans, after all we sold our Harrier fleet to them and I know they can operate on grass..problem solved..well obviously we'll have to cut the grass first and tidy up the borders..
..thank you very much minister i'll look forward to my bonus, very gracious of you"
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Oceanz
"Two greens sir, but it just doesn't feel right "
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"Dear Mom - the Navy sent sent me on this Lynx course. It's quite challenging, but give it a few more days and I think I'll be OK..."
Second Place
Simon Brown (with the frighteningly realistic)
.."Yes Minister , I know ..
Cost overruns ..yes Minister..yes but..
With the greatest of respect Minister you did intimate you want our surface fleet to be greener...
..No minister I dont know how much its going to cost to re design the JSF so it can land on grass..
..new lawn mower contract with Qualcast i dont know how much thats going to cost the taxpayer either we havent looked into that yet Minister.
..well of course we'll have to employ groundsmen to fill in the divots after the pilots land?..then theres the watering...and the marquee isnt where it should be besides we havent had planning permission for it yet..
..no no of course there wont be a public right of access, you cant imagine a 16wheeled JSF landing on your picnic now can you..
.Thats a good idea Minister you could sell it to the Americans, after all we sold our Harrier fleet to them and I know they can operate on grass..problem solved..well obviously we'll have to cut the grass first and tidy up the borders..
..thank you very much minister i'll look forward to my bonus, very gracious of you"
and this week's winner is....
Oceanz
"Two greens sir, but it just doesn't feel right "
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But it has 3 
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Much honoured. Hopefully this one hasn't been used before. Judging next Friday unless interest runs out of steam beforehand.
(for them's that's interested, this is at HMAS Nirimba)
(for them's that's interested, this is at HMAS Nirimba)
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Beags and crew doing a conversion course onto their Squadron's new Transport.
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"Ok Gentlemen, as you know we are coming to the end of your IOT course, and therefore it is time for us to fill you with hot air, who would like to go first?"
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This was not what Pilot Officer Scroggins had I'm mind when the boss said, "Ok guys, let's take an early bath on Friday and all go out and get steaming."
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The RAF desperate to keep some of the old Sqdns alive transfer 66 Sqn's plate to a Foden seen here at the Sqdn's reformation and hopes no one will notice.
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Well it looks like a Wessex, it smells like a Wessex, then by God it must be a ....
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MOD procurement department, after the usual delay, releases details of new aircrew transport vehicle.