This really is A Grade slapstick. In a thread titled "CS vs. Mil Pay", BeB tells of a BJ mate who has a civie clerk who is alleged to be on £350 per day, Tax free. JL1 points out the daftness of the story and immediately, out of the clouds, dive n dozen shoulder chips in close formation!
It's a recognised tradition that a pointy will bind about blunties and, in turn, the blunties will drip about the even blunter. The Mod was quite right, though, to move this from the Para thread but I think he must have dropped it enroute to Jet Blast. I'm sure that any documentary evidence that tarnishes the sandurban myth will quickly be shouted down as irrelevant and, hey, why spoil a good rant magnet. Nige G had a fair go at providing some documentary comparisons but the Deity alone knows where they are from. If serious debate is intended, then, lets have one. If we are just in for a game of yah-boo-sucks, let's say so and we can all join in the fun.