Mrs Bloggs 'At Home' Etiquette/Protocols
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Pongo (well cavalry actually) 1369 equivalent:
"the troopers will follow this officer to the end of the earth - to watch him fall awf the end"!
T'was same wegiment where, at a dining out night, the RSM stood behind the Colonel - " Sir, who shall drink it?" - the "It" was a silver chamber pot captured from Napoleon and filled with champagne - after that it all became rather hazy !
"the troopers will follow this officer to the end of the earth - to watch him fall awf the end"!
T'was same wegiment where, at a dining out night, the RSM stood behind the Colonel - " Sir, who shall drink it?" - the "It" was a silver chamber pot captured from Napoleon and filled with champagne - after that it all became rather hazy !
I must have gone to a parallel universe officer training. On my first day at Cranwell, one of my fellow students asked me "How do you know if your best friend is a queer?"
Much later, after I had 'graduated', I heard that one of my fellow students had f*cked our IOT flight commander. He still got his scraper. Probably a wing commander now.
I did learn how to tie a bowtie. Not much else. The flight commander did have a nice arse; I loved following it as we tramped tediously across Salisibury plain.
Hang on, all that training wasn't wasted; I remember something else, you can use the dessert fork on its own, but if you use the dessert spoon you MUST use the fork as well.
Good luck MM!
Much later, after I had 'graduated', I heard that one of my fellow students had f*cked our IOT flight commander. He still got his scraper. Probably a wing commander now.
I did learn how to tie a bowtie. Not much else. The flight commander did have a nice arse; I loved following it as we tramped tediously across Salisibury plain.
Hang on, all that training wasn't wasted; I remember something else, you can use the dessert fork on its own, but if you use the dessert spoon you MUST use the fork as well.
Good luck MM!
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Hang on, all that training wasn't wasted; I remember something else, you can use the dessert fork on its own, but if you use the dessert spoon you MUST use the fork as well.
O-D: It was only the following year, when I got the 1369 forms to fill in again that I realised what the boss had meant - and me having spent 12 months thinking I was a model of tact and diplomacy! Mind you, I was to receive many more blows to my ego, courtesy of the dreaded 1369.
Something similar with me. Saw the Staish in RAFG to have the 1369 tea leaves read: "You've done really well on the squadron - you are the type of chap we need as spec aircrew." Well I was really chuffed, then...wait on a mo!
Something similar with me. Saw the Staish in RAFG to have the 1369 tea leaves read: "You've done really well on the squadron - you are the type of chap we need as spec aircrew." Well I was really chuffed, then...wait on a mo!
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I heard that one of my fellow students had f*cked our IOT flight commander
What year would that be??
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Siesman, as a wild guess I would say about 1987?
I was up at Otterburn I think it was and had thoughts that could certainly have made the NotW. IIRC she had a gorgeous sun tan and blonde hair which was in lovely contrast on her arms.
Unfortunately her pine-pole bearing charges were going one way and my motley aircrew evaders were going the other.
Oooo, I am coming all over weak.
I was up at Otterburn I think it was and had thoughts that could certainly have made the NotW. IIRC she had a gorgeous sun tan and blonde hair which was in lovely contrast on her arms.
Unfortunately her pine-pole bearing charges were going one way and my motley aircrew evaders were going the other.
Oooo, I am coming all over weak.
A couple of classic RN 206s include:
"this officer performs entirely to his own satisfaction"
"Lt Bloggs is an excellent Olympic dinghy sailor (whatever) and in his spare time is a tolerable naval officer"
"this officer performs entirely to his own satisfaction"
"Lt Bloggs is an excellent Olympic dinghy sailor (whatever) and in his spare time is a tolerable naval officer"
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PP, we had one of those, a superb pistol shot and a rareity, a proper Cranwell flight lieutenant. He had his fortune read and told to make a choice. I chanced to see him on the TV as the British Olympic shooting coach. 
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"This officer's men will follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity."
and of an OR, service not known:
"I would not breed from this man",
and on another for a sailor:
Below a sketch of a dog's bone, "A picture tells a thousand words".
My guess is that the latter two were sent back for a re-scrub
and of an OR, service not known:
"I would not breed from this man",
and on another for a sailor:
Below a sketch of a dog's bone, "A picture tells a thousand words".
My guess is that the latter two were sent back for a re-scrub
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Regarding Malt Whisky. I don't suppose MM gets The Times but section 2 today has an article on Malt Whisky. Whoever it was said it breaks down chemically after 15 years is talking out of his backside. They mentioned some 30 and 32 year old Malts costing Thousands which I doubt is in the Colonel's cellar and if it is it will certainly NOT be offered to MM.
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There are many subtle ways in which servicemen and women subtly put the boot in.
An RSM at Camp Bastion, being interviewed on't telly the other day, concerning HRH Flt Lt Wales was asked "Oh, you consider him a fellow serviceman then?" His answer - "Yes. Talking with him was just like talking to any other officer."
An RSM at Camp Bastion, being interviewed on't telly the other day, concerning HRH Flt Lt Wales was asked "Oh, you consider him a fellow serviceman then?" His answer - "Yes. Talking with him was just like talking to any other officer."
How on earth....
....are we going to keep this going until 5 Dec for goodness sake? The poor chap is either going to die of boredom or paranoia and refuse to go at the last minute.
BTW MM, I apologise for slightly hijacking your thread a few p*&ts ago, but it referred to a chap I'd almost forgotton about.
Take some amusement from all the prattle above but don't take it TOO seriously. However comma most, if not all, of what may appear to modern eyes to be those absurdities of behaviour were REALLY carried on at the time. No longer thank god. But we also had HUGE amounts of fun in spite of it all.
The Ancient Mariner
PS and we DO want an after action report.
BTW MM, I apologise for slightly hijacking your thread a few p*&ts ago, but it referred to a chap I'd almost forgotton about.
Take some amusement from all the prattle above but don't take it TOO seriously. However comma most, if not all, of what may appear to modern eyes to be those absurdities of behaviour were REALLY carried on at the time. No longer thank god. But we also had HUGE amounts of fun in spite of it all.
The Ancient Mariner
PS and we DO want an after action report.
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And Rossarian mentioning the customs and etiquette of the not too distant past raises yet another question.
We have considered Service and rank but not the AGE of said pongo. Now his real age is of course immaterial but what is important is his social age, hence the matter of calling cards.
Is he a 'new man' or is he from the days of the Raj? My colonel, some 10 years younger than me was certainly a gentleman of the latter sort. He was distinctly put out when an ex-sqn ldr, engineer, now contract manager called him "Mate". So, will he be "Sir", "Colonel" or "Bill"?
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PS and we DO want an after action report.
I suggest that we make sure that MM has suitable comms, and one or more in a safe house close to the target who can provide remote support, and if needed, direct an extraction force if, for example, he gets cornered by the Col's daughter in the study
