Fly3 wrote:
I can recall more than one gentleman being fined a round of port for being caught wearing pre-tied bow tie at a mess dinner.
I should think so too!
Fines for Dining-In Night misdeeds were quite rare though. But at pre-pongo Wattisham, one jovial Irish Fg Off navigator complained loudly about the lead-filled rubber chicken (it was actually very tough pheasant) we'd been served. So, after the loyal toast, a 'helpful' colleague obtained a catering-sized tin of baked beans from the kitchen and plonked it down in front of him, wherupon E**c set about it with gusto. The PMC, OC Eng Wg (and not a 56(F) Sqn favourite...), took a dim view of this, banged his gavel and announce that Fg Off H**p would buy brandy for the mess. 3 bottles were then produced and were passed around. But the whisper went round amongst the rest of us that no-one was to take any (apart from a couple of blunties to whom the whisper hadn't reached in time - they didn't drink it though, once they'd heard the instruction). Thus 3 almost full bottles ended up in front of E**c, who poured himself a glass and raised it in the direction of the PMC, thanking him for saving him the trouble of going to the bar!