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Old 28th Feb 2005, 12:22
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Confucious say,

many more airplanes in sea than submarines in air!


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Old 28th Feb 2005, 15:06
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A real gem from Billy Connolly:

Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on.

I'll get me tea cosy...
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Old 28th Feb 2005, 15:59
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Always check there is paper on the roll BEFORE you sit down!
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Old 28th Feb 2005, 16:03
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As bags are dumped in the hotel before the down route lash, ALWAYS pick up a book of hotel matches with address of said hotel printed on.
Then, when stumbling out of a random foreign club, taxi driver conversations are significantly easier.
PLUS, you'll be suprised how many Holiday Inns' some large cities have!!!
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Old 28th Feb 2005, 18:36
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"Man who go to sleep with itchy bottom...wake up with smelly finger". (Confucius)
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There are pies you have and there are pies you don't

Always leave your watch/alarm in zulu

Greens are for dying in not ironing

If it's not snowing we're not going

If it's not raining, it's not training
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Old 28th Feb 2005, 20:47
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The aircraft you fly was supplied by the lowest bidder/
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As bags are dumped in the hotel before the down route lash, ALWAYS pick up a book of hotel matches with address of said hotel printed on.
Then, when stumbling out of a random foreign club, taxi driver conversations are significantly easier.
PLUS, you'll be suprised how many Holiday Inns' some large cities have!!!
If you do ascribe to this practice, ensure your pockets are emptied of ALL other books of matches before you leave said hotel, especially those that hail from a neighbouring country. Some f**king BIG taxi fares have been run up that way.......

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Three things never to take on an exotic detachment.

1. Conscience.
2. Camera.
3. Wedding Ring.


And, when in the shower, always wash your face before your ar$e!
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dirty pants .... clean botty !

dirty duvet .... dirty mind !
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Techies, don't put Lyneham on your dream sheets as dissapointment is a sad feeling.
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1, If in doubt - Change it
2, Hope for the best - Expect the worst
3, Never assume - Always check
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Ah, i just thought of another, from bitter personal experience:

Always put your first choice down last on your dream sheet
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Only run around with women with small hands.....it makes yer Willy look bigger!
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Never assume......check.

And if you can't check, at least sound convincing when you start guessing.


When at war, everything essential to an exercise is meaningless, and everything meaningless on exercise is vital.
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The aim of the RAF is to fly and fight

The role of those who don't is to support those who do.
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You don't have to be a pilot to fly in the RAF - but it tends to be safer if you are.
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"it's better to go through life regretting having done things than regretting not having done things"

"if you insist on burying your head in the sand, someone will s**g your "a**e"
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Given to me by a CO on being commissioned from the ranks. Edited for tri-Service usage:

Before you went to [Dartmouth / Sandhurst / Cranwell] you knew that the [POs / Sgts] ran the [Navy / Army / Air Force].

Now you know that they don't.

However, it would be a fecking stupid officer who told the [POs / Sgts] that!
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Three useless things.....

Height above you.

Runway behind you.

Fuel you left on the ground.
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