"nice one mate" says I.
On a similar note
First day at Hednesford, DI's milling around we hapless recruits, shouting out various orders. I find myself in a queue, eventually arrive at a table where guys are filling in forms and I say to the corporal ''got a pen mate?''.
'MATE, MATE! I'M NOT YOUR F***ING MATE! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?''
He didn't forget it either!
Relatively speaking, the corporal was probably more terrifying than the Captain.
