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Old 10th Dec 2016, 08:02
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"Funny thing, Peggy - before I came here, the only rangefinder I'd used was on Curry's website."
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 08:19
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The twins get ready to use the new bust measuring machine.
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 08:49
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And this is all the protection we need for the blast?
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 08:50
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If another one of these bastards asks me if this is the Chattanooga Choo Choo...I swear...
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Well, when that Pilot chap said to bring a friend & some protection....
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 09:19
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"I've tried looking down it like they told us, but all I see is a very naughty film called 'What the Butler Saw'."
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 10:20
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IMHO, that rangefinder is the wrong way round. Should not the two lenses close together form the eyepiece? So what is the second girl doing? Anyway, the caption:

The Observer Corps found that Siamese twins were especially useful to operate this device.
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 11:02
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Is this what they call 2looking at the world through rose coloured spectacles"?
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 11:19
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"We have to use these every time the AOC ties his shoelaces!"
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 11:33
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What did he say?
Something about scramble, but I never asked how he likes his eggs...
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 11:43
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"Pardon me, my dears - but shouldn't you be looking through the rangefinder ?"
 
Old 10th Dec 2016, 12:11
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Which twin has the Toni?
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 13:41
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"Her bum STILL looks big. I shall have to tell her."
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"Is that fokker a Dornier?"
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"Ummm ... H. E. C. M. O. ... have I passed, Captain Specsaver?"

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"I'm not that worried about the flash ... it's the bang that always worries me on Saturday nights."
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Mavis and Doreen were the Blind Dates that were set up with Nutty and Buster!
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Realising they were both blind, SASless figured even he had a chance of pulling one of them.
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