Just have to join in, and I hope I'm not unwelcome.
Scene: back of a SAR helicopter, after a rather messy rescue in the North Sea. Two survivors alive, third one on the floor being given the full medical treatment by both rearcrew. Me (copilot) looking after other two. Captain coping on his own up front (he was the senior QHI on the fleet so not really an issue). Intercom has packed in and a number of other odd thing going wrong (apart from the survivors falling off a yacht 50 miles from land).
Bloke lying soggy and cold waves weakly at me from behind oxygen mask. I bend down, take helmet off (it's noisy in the cabin) and shout "What?"
He (lucky to be alive) asks: "do you know the cricket score, mate?"
Thick? no (medical doctor, I found out later). Confused? very.
Last edited by Sven Sixtoo; 8th August 2008 at 21:13.