Originally Posted by
langleybaston
Sleeping in armchairs in Messes can be as dangerous as standing by a window in Russia.
As witness Gutersloh, post lunch [remember decent lunches in Messes?] when an elderly SATCO succumbed to noisy sleep behind his D Tel, and OC Ops set light to it. I learned a few new swear words in the aftermath.
Setting the rubber soles of your shoes on fire used to be a favourite at Work at Brize if you fell a sleep, eventually the heat woke you up followed by more heat as you tried to stamp them out. Or lighting the outer sheet of the newspaper you were reading.