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Old 20th Dec 2009, 03:46
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What's the scale of the model Darling?
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 04:45
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The initial "surge" in Iraq, whilst quaint, was somewhat underwhelming.
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 07:02
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No, Mr Ainsworth. The models are not representative of the level of equipment currently in the field, but they're not far off.
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 07:17
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The great tactician.
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 07:27
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Now which model unit can I do without ?
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 09:50
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"So which part of Helmand Province is this?"
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 10:10
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"We're not going to give them paddles for the battle over Sh*t Creek, are we?"

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Old 20th Dec 2009, 13:34
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Hey, Bob! Have you been dubbed Napoleon coz yer don't know yer a4se from yer Elba?
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 20:19
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A scene lifted from Secretary for Defense: Military Strategy 101

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Old 20th Dec 2009, 20:59
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"BOOM! Boom! Kapow, kapow, kapow...rattatatattatatat...whoosh! Boom...Arrgh, MEDIC!...boom, ratatatat...meow...bang, whoosh...kapow, kapow..."
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Old 20th Dec 2009, 21:09
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"Where's me 'elicopters?"
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 12:19
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"Advance? It'd be a lot easier to 'Advance' if some B4stard hadn't glued my feet to a bit of wood."
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 12:29
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Planning for England's defence of the Ashes next year is well under way, although most Australian cricket fans say that it's a waste of time and hardly worth it.
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 12:58
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hardly worth it.
I see what you did there. However, sucking up to the OP of the current photo won't get you a win. Well... it might, but we'd know it was a fiddle.
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 14:32
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Bob had no clue as to the scale of his mistakes.
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 14:41
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Errrrr no Bob the army doesn't form squares any more.
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Old 21st Dec 2009, 14:46
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"No Squares?" I say old chap....it was good enough for Wellington!
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Old 22nd Dec 2009, 02:41
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Bob in his final days in his secret bunker emulates Hitler by moving around his imaginary armies whilst blaming the fall of the country on everyone else
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Old 22nd Dec 2009, 03:08
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For the first time ever the members of the press have been allowed inside the top secret Government bunker where information relayed in real time from the front in Afghanistan is collated and set out on the state of the art £50,000,000 3D planning board allowing instant real time strategic solutions and operational planning to be carried out by those in the highest echelons on the Military.......
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Old 22nd Dec 2009, 03:35
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Ok Gordon, I see your Cottesmore and raise you a Battalion
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