I have proof that the PMC of old had one serious sense of humour, it did not happen to me but to a guy that arrived at Lossie the same day as me.
He and his wife(a WRAF) decided that it was time to buy a house, started looking around at properties in their price range. They decided that as he had already been at the station for some time that they would check with Handbrake House and PMC trade desks, if he (or she) were on any lists for posting off station, in the foreseeable future, the answer was NO.
So off they went ,found a place and started the process of buying. Come the day of exchanging contracts he had gone into work that morning and asked his Chief for an hour off to go and sign all the paper work, it was agreed and off he went, 1 hour later he was back, as he walked through the door he was told that Sengo wanted to see him.
They never moved into that house, just put it straight back on the market