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Old 9th Oct 2014, 11:41
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BEagle
 
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They introduced a 'Family Happy Hour' at lunchtime on Sunday when I was at RAF Wattisham.

Apart from a couple of patch-brats who were rounded up and returned to their breeders by one of the people-formerly-known-as-WRAFs (rather a....errmm...'substantial' woman), who had collared the little buggers as they were trying various room doors, the main problem was the behaviour of the parents. One of whom had brought her latest offspring with her and subsequently proceeded to change its nappy in the bar....

Our continental cousins seem to have the right idea - and aren't averse to giving their little cherubs a smart cuff about the swede, should they misbehave. So that they soon learn The Code of Behaviour in Public! Whereas in the UK, anyone doing that would soon have some interfering busybody reporting them to some 'agency' or other....
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