Originally Posted by
Wensleydale
Back in the day, the whole Sqn was called in for a late notice 3 line whip at 1600 on the Friday before a mess function. The Boss was in a bad mood - Mrs OC Sqn had "volunteered" the Sqn wives to decorate the tables with flowers, and only a handfull had turned up that afternoon. The Boss demanded to know why we had not sent our wives along to assist his other half.
Remember it well. Not sure, but possibly there and certainly at one unit, we were all dragooned in to decorate the mess. This we did with the least enthusiasm - few of us were attending the function.