This reminds me of something a mate had to endure on a transport Sqn on the secret Oxfordshire airfield. He was the Sqn security officer and the Sqn had just lost a secret file. They had looked high and low, but it was obviously in the hands of the KGB. So he wrote a letter to OC Security Sqn admitting the problem and inviting him and his minions to visit the Sqn to investigate with their big box of latex gloves, and could they please bring some Vaseline to make the experience a little less unpleasant.
My mate shows the letter to his Flt Cdr and asks for his thoughts. Flt Cdr, reads it and starts shaking his head.
"I think we have a problem here. You've split an infinitive".
Now I heard of aircraft crashing for lack of a split pin, but never because of a split infinitive. This firm grasp on trivia from middle management was one of the reasonds I left the RAF. (Apart form the cr@p pay, too many dets and the fact I can't write that is!)
Last edited by Dan Winterland; 24th Dec 2006 at 01:48.