View Full Version : Sopwith Camel Joystick on eBay!
skaterboi
30th Dec 2006, 21:50
Saw this and almost wept with laughter as I watched it sell for £26.00 :E
Genuine Sopwith Camel Joystick (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sopwith-Camel-Joystick-1918-World-War-1_W0QQitemZ140065881843QQihZ004QQcategoryZ13966QQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem) or Chair Leg, you decide!
There's some very gullable people out there....and no I'm not the seller!!
cynicalint
30th Dec 2006, 23:02
Perhaps the pilot always took it with him so he would have a leg to stand on in the debrief!
splitbrain
31st Dec 2006, 09:59
Saw this and almost wept with laughter as I watched it sell for £26.00 :E
Genuine Sopwith Camel Joystick (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sopwith-Camel-Joystick-1918-World-War-1_W0QQitemZ140065881843QQihZ004QQcategoryZ13966QQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem) or Chair Leg, you decide!
Well, lets wait and see if another three come up for sale :E
Bob Stinger
31st Dec 2006, 11:19
I could sell you a few of them if you want? Theres a big pile of scrap chairs on the side of the road into Fleetwood Docks!
ShyTorque
31st Dec 2006, 14:55
So - you mean that those "pick-axe handles" that we used to go on guard duty with were only Sopwith Camel joysticks? :confused:
Fancy them not telling us - if the Spetznatz had found that out we would have been almost defenceless! :ooh:
Wensleydale
31st Dec 2006, 15:17
And bought by some stupid Fokker.
MrBernoulli
2nd Jan 2007, 09:01
Chippendale copies, I reckon.
Focks 2
2nd Jan 2007, 10:51
Could be a valuable tool in the gay recruitment campaign. :ooh:
LJones
2nd Jan 2007, 10:53
BAHAHHA nice one Focks
threepointonefour
2nd Jan 2007, 15:37
Keep an eye out on eBay .... (it'll be there soon!)
For Sale One chair leg. Of historical significance: one of the four chair legs used for temporary stabilization in a recent 'world event'.
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