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Old 22nd Mar 2003, 10:12
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Danny

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Sky News: Resident expert explaining precise battle plans for Desert Rats with his soopdoopa computer graphics. Cut to a shot of a logistics convoy stopped on the road through Umm Kasar. 'Expert' starts whittling on: and here we can see jerry cans... errrm... supposition, water. The troops will need water.

Next he superimposes red arrows from his sopadoopa graphics computer pointing to... jerry can! Next we more arrows pointing out all the different bits on the backs and sides of the lorries when suddently the drivers appear from in front of their vehicles, pulling their zips up after relieving themselves.

Judos to the 'expert who just carried on drawing arrows all over the live pictures before the the camera pans away.

I have visions of some 'luvvie' news director screaming into his mike trying to tell thr cameraman via some sattelite link to pan away!

What was so bleedin' obvious though, was the drivers getting out of their cabs at the start of the piece, walking around to the front of their vehicles, OBVIOUSLY going to relieve themseves in the first place!

Theses newsies are really makeing complete tw@ts of themselves. Mind you I was in hysterics watching the above unfold.

Vizsla, why would "bint" be a suBtle racial slur? Bint also means 'daughter' which references 'female'. Obviously your mind reads these things differently but I cannot help you with your prejudices. You are obviously involved with the 'media' and are not appreciating our 'taking the urine' out of the reporters lightly. This is a great opportunity for those of us in aviation to get our own back on all the rubbish we have to put up with from the media and I for one am enjoying this immensly!
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