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Old 19th Jan 2019, 10:41
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Originally Posted by Wensleydale
Many years ago at a secret ISTAR base in Lincolnshire, there was a joint exercise/briefing, and some members of the SAS and the SBS were to be found in the bar. They were in deep discussion about which unit was the "hardest" when one of the Sqn AEOs (who just happened to have an artificial leg) took out his dinghy knife and stabbed it into his leg (the plastic one) with the comment of "Hard - I'll show you hard". He then limped out. His comment afterwards... "I write off more legs that way.."
If thats the same KR, he was on my OCU crew. I remember the arrival (2 legged) beer call (or rather dont) and then him turning up late for a lecture the next day with one leg and me thinking "bloody hell I know it was a good beer call but what did HE get up to!!!'. Before common sense and sobriety prevailed...
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