Originally Posted by
bose-x
Why are you trying to degenerate this into a growbags and epulettes thread?
I think that a flying school giving out wings to a student is a very nice touch, it is something tangible that shows that they have worked hard and achieved something that is out of the ordinary. I know places liek NSF at Sibson give out wings every year at the Wings Dinner.
Confab, Pitts, are you so mean hearted as to take that away from them?
2000hrs later I still have the wings I was presented, tucked away on my shelf and still feel proud of them. I wont be pinning them to a grow bag or 10 bar epulettes any time soon but I am proud of them.
Lighten up, Bose. How many smileys does one have to put after a one-liner to denote a joke? If one isn't sufficient, does it take two, three or four? Do they have to be silver, gold, or platinum? Besides that, I thought the epaulette thread was one of the funniest ones I've read on here in years (and, yes, it was an intentional reference to it)
It is funny how most people, myself included sometimes, are predisposed to initially presume maliciousness on other peoples' part rather than humour.
Pitts2112
Not going to bother with the smiley this time as they don't seem to work...
(couldn't help myself)