No, but the Defence of the Realm (glad you admit we do that WH) is in the hands of those who can:
a. Take a joke against themselves, however poorly expressed.
b. Indulge in a bit of (usually) good-hearted banter. (you have to really like a bloke to call him an old t*ss*r to his face)
c. Care more (mostly) about the value of their job rather than its wages (I'm sure my lovely daughters could earn more money and "support a better lifestyle" as tarts - but I don't want them to).
d. Can actually cut the mustard in operations and put their lives on the line (and some lose those lives) to defend your (and my) realm.
"It's Tommy this and Tommy that, and Tommy go away,
But it's 'Thin Red Line of 'Eroes' when the band begins to play"
