the english quartermasters aren't the only insane ones.
I once helped my friend rossow move into a married quarter.
in the entire house there were just 3 power points.
get this. not one powerpoint was near the kitchen.
stupid? crazy? or just moronic? couldnt believe it.
On a sliding scale of stupidity I suppose this doesn't quite match the above...
When TV aerial sockets were put in to the rooms of the Os Mess at Lyneham they were put quite close - a metre or so - to a plug socket.
Only problem was the aerial socket was on the other side of the door leading to the corridor than the power socket. I suppose one should be thankful that both sockets were in the actual room.