Originally Posted by
Ninthace
I was in a bank in Surrey with a colleague, both of us wearing RAF woolly pullies. A customer asked my friend if he was with the RAC as he had a car problem. Even the uniform is not enough ID.
Wow! You are the genuine source of that fable. Amazing how many times I’ve heard of someone whose mate was asked, but never met anyone who was actually asked. Nice to be getting close to the original source.