Luqa, Malta in the middle sixties, Greece and Turkey doing a lot of sabre rattling at each other so everyone fairly busy keeping an eye on developments.
In the mess, 39 squadron engineer officer proclaims, I've got twelve Canberras, nine are fully serviceable and six are flying.
Rather dour 38 squadron flight commander responds " I've got eight Shackletons, none are serviceable, all are flying !"