At my Morse exam - General Belgrano, Gatwick – the invigilator commented upon the amount of spare pencils I had on my desk prior to the test. (We were advised to have spares available because if you break a point – you simply don’t have time to search for another)
“One for every time I’ve taken the test, mate” - was my reply.
Broke the ice amongst some nervous and stressed out candidates.
Learning Morse code has been useful: once when making a UK IFR approach after the runway in use was reversed - the ILS was mistakenly not adjusted. Identing saved me the embarrassment the A/C in front of me must have experienced making sort of back beam approach.