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Old 1st Aug 2009, 08:01
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Goosequill
 
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Winjeel and small furry pilots

Hi Wiley,

An Oz correspondent sent me a pic or two of the Winjeel and it looks a rather neat machine. I also found a shot of the Winjeel production line some time ago (not terribly high quality, but interesting) and I would be happy to post it to this thread if someone could take five to tell me how to do it - never done it before.

Meanwhile, a small furry animal story:

A charter plane of rugger players (natch) and supporters crashes on landing; no survivors. At the inquest, a policeman turns up to tell the coroner that actually there was a survivor, a monkey; an intelligent animal that can communicate by gesture. So, the (somewhat dubious) coroner has the monkey sworn in (don't ask, but it involves a bag of peanuts...) and starts to question him.

What was happening on the plane just before the crash?
Monkey raises elbow in time-honoured gesture of drinking.
Coroner shakes head in disapproval.

What else was happening?
Monkey gives impression of someone dealing cards.
Coroner shakes head again.

Anything else happening?
Monkey places left hand in pit of right elbow and gives time-honoured gesture of rampant sex.
Coroner shakes head in total disbelief.

And what were you doing at the time?
Monkey gives impression of operating a control column and throttle...

Cheers,

Dave
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