Boy: So tell me, Sir, is all this O i/c Officer's Mess flower-arranging an inherent part of aviation? Would I do something similar if I was an airline F/O?
Officer: But in the RAAF you serve the nation - not just fly.
Boy: So precisely who would benefit from my floral skills? The RAAF? The PM?? HM the Q???
Officer: Not the point, lad. Now, would you like to borrow my pen?
Boy: Only if you've got the address for QANTAS, Sir!
Officer: NO I HAVEN'T!! But if you find out, do please send me a copy of the application form. Once I flew Vampires and then Maachis - now I'm expected to be a confidence trickster!! Maybe you'll be my F/O one day.........??
Boy: More likely that you would be mine, Sir!
Officer: OUT DAMN YOU!! And never darken my doorstep again!
Boy: No worries, mate!