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Caption Competition Mk III

Old 17th May 2021, 08:51
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"Now if I press the red button, it tells HQ that we have detected a ballistic missile attack and they should immediately retaliate with a counter strike: the green button tells MT to send transport to pick us up - or was that the other way round?"
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Old 17th May 2021, 09:50
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
"16 Bogies at 12 o'clock!"
You can borrow my hankie - no keep it.
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Old 17th May 2021, 10:27
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Aha, found the problem! .....We are going to need longer cables!
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Old 17th May 2021, 11:29
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Umm....I swear, Flight 19 was right there a second ago. What did you do?
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Old 17th May 2021, 11:32
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"Solved it. The contractors dug a trench, but didn't install the power supply. All in a day's work for MoD(PE)."
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Old 17th May 2021, 11:32
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Gent looking inside "Aha, I see the problem...its full of fruit preserve.....we have been jammed!"
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Old 17th May 2021, 11:46
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Ok time to score it, mine would have been
"As you can see the Tornado radar was designed from the start to be upgradable, here we have the early version of the Foxhunter mounted onto the even earlier Blue Circle."

"It's our Rice Crispy machine sir, if you stand out in front and listen hard, you will hear your testicles going snap crackle and pop,"

But alas, I cannot win...

OK first place has to be from these ones below,

and its going to be DAN with

"Good morning chaps, lovely weather today".
"Not for much longer mate, switch it on George.

So the runners up in no order are.....

Treddi with

Ahhhhhh, now I see what's causing the interference on my jersey...

Wensley with

"is it showing traffic on the railway over there?"

"Yes. It's a Train Following Radar".

622

Aha, found the problem! .....We are going to need longer cables!


Ninthace with

Now be careful not to overwind it or the mainspring will go boing and the Earth will stop rotating.



"Just to let you know chaps, there's now nearly 5 pages about you on the current capcom, and Nutloose will have to read everyone of them. That'll teach him."
Yes Dan and I did...

Transmitting the CST trophy now Dan after recovering it from the flowerbed.


For what it's worth the image was from this collection and was Technicians work on new radar equipment at Hawarden Airport in 1963

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nor...-north-8526620
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Old 17th May 2021, 18:03
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Thanks Nutloose. Have a go at this one folks.

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Old 17th May 2021, 18:10
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We can’t unload yet, we’re waiting for the moovers.
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Old 17th May 2021, 18:12
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The Whistling Sh*t, previously known as the Whistling T*t
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Old 17th May 2021, 18:16
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Skip, I think your letter to catering complaining about the beef sarnies had some effect, I’ve just got a note from him saying if you think you can do better I’ve sent you the ingredients to make your own.
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Old 17th May 2021, 18:18
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They're hiding from the police car.


and if your wondering
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/re...mowed-20598663


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Old 17th May 2021, 18:35
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Freddie Laker's little known conversion from the Carvair to the Cowvair.
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Old 17th May 2021, 18:41
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Tell the mooover to go get a ramp. I am not jumping and it is a well known fact that cows can't go down stairs.
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Old 17th May 2021, 19:01
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“Have you seen the new hostie?, she’s a right cow...”
”bullocks...”
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Old 17th May 2021, 19:04
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“I quite like cows but I couldn’t eat a whole one...Oh but hang on a moo!”
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”Not bloody fair ... those smelly sheep got a 747.”
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Old 17th May 2021, 19:14
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“I thought First was always at the front, and Cattle Class at the back?”
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Old 17th May 2021, 19:23
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In Lydd, "Where's my heffing car "??...
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Old 17th May 2021, 19:24
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Additional fresh supplies, on the hoof, are sent to Jersey, when the French cut the power.
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