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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:10
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New slant on the ripple effect then?
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:24
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Only now did it become clear where Elin and the nine iron had gone afterwards...
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:47
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That's the last time I park in the hangar next to a Bird-in-a-Biplane.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 13:37
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"It's not what you think - our new painter had "expert in trompe-l'oeil" on his cv - with hindsight, perhaps we should have asked him what that meant."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 13:48
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"The eBay ad said 'unfinished project - majority of work done, just needs finishing off.' Bargain, eh?"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 14:10
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"Y'know, when he booked it for a land-away, I was racking my brains thinking about where exactly 'Warburton' was."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 14:44
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"Insurance won't pay - they're putting it down to flare, whirr and tear."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:02
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"Its Mother was frightened by the skeleton of a Dinosaur in the National History Museum when she was carrying it !"
 
Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:12
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Attempts by Hovis to build aircraft revealed a major flaw in their thinking.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:18
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An enthusiastic Aussie entrant for the NATO Tiger Meet went a bit far on the realism stakes.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:21
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:22
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Its not quite what I had in mind when I suggested that you would have more fun in a tail dragger....
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:28
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"It seems young Mr Wang Yong Wong thought he'd update the dragon in the New Year Parade."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 16:30
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"Halfords Customer Service admitted that their rotary-polishers do have a slight tendency to scratch the paintwork."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:23
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Vectored Thrust....errrr.....no! We did sorta like what we saw in the MD NOTAR design however!
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:28
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"You said you wanted a chopper."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:28
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"When flying control cables become flying wires"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:30
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"I really think you have taken this weight saving issue far to seriously"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:52
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"Sarge, send an embassage to the the entourage to cancel their voyage of cabotage in the vicinage due to villanage in the garage, specifically decoupage of the fuselage and sabotage of the empennage."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 18:20
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"

Especially if she has a chainsaw in her hand.

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