Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Aircrew Forums > Military Aviation
Reload this Page >

Caption Competition Mk III

Wikiposts
Search
Military Aviation A forum for the professionals who fly military hardware. Also for the backroom boys and girls who support the flying and maintain the equipment, and without whom nothing would ever leave the ground. All armies, navies and air forces of the world equally welcome here.

Caption Competition Mk III

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 27th Jun 2021, 16:32
  #3361 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Glorious Devon
Posts: 2,691
Received 879 Likes on 512 Posts
Don't knock that pipe out on this shell or I could be heading for a catastrophe
Ninthace is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:31
  #3362 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Downeast
Age: 75
Posts: 18,289
Received 512 Likes on 214 Posts
Hypen-Smyth was in for a rude surprise as he confused the purring sound to be that of the Kitty instead of the clockwork fuse so cleverly designed by Bae!
SASless is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:53
  #3363 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 11,837
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 26 Posts
Major, soon to be General, Doolittle tries to think of a suitable code word for a successfull bombing run
How about Kaiten? ?
Kiltrash is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:54
  #3364 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 11,837
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 26 Posts
Tortoiseshell. ...
Kiltrash is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:56
  #3365 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Often in Jersey, but mainly in the past.
Age: 79
Posts: 7,809
Received 135 Likes on 63 Posts
“And this, Kitty, is what we Gunners call a “Salisbury Plane”.
MPN11 is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:57
  #3366 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 11,837
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 26 Posts
Paul Tiddles is suprised at the size of the first Atomic Bomb.
Kiltrash is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 17:59
  #3367 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 11,837
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 26 Posts
Right let's see if a cat can still land on its paws when dropped from a great height...
Kiltrash is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:00
  #3368 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 11,837
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 26 Posts
Well yes after its fired the cat cleans the barrel ready for the next shell
Kiltrash is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:02
  #3369 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Often in Jersey, but mainly in the past.
Age: 79
Posts: 7,809
Received 135 Likes on 63 Posts
A clearly faked photo, as nobody or any thing was plastered with Flanders clay.
MPN11 is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:08
  #3370 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Downeast
Age: 75
Posts: 18,289
Received 512 Likes on 214 Posts
Rupert's sole duty in the Offensive was to feed the Unit Mascot.
SASless is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:30
  #3371 (permalink)  
Gnome de PPRuNe
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,620
Received 294 Likes on 162 Posts
I was going to follow Gibson's example and signal the operation's success using your name, old boy - but apparently "The Whitey has landed" is a bit colonialist...
treadigraph is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:48
  #3372 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Glorious Devon
Posts: 2,691
Received 879 Likes on 512 Posts
Teaching Tiddles to fly the shell was only half the battle. The real problem was how to paint mice on the target without the enemy noticing.
Ninthace is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 18:51
  #3373 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Glorious Devon
Posts: 2,691
Received 879 Likes on 512 Posts
A theme park especially for cats? Tiddles felt he was not being told the whole story.
Ninthace is online now  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:00
  #3374 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Often in Jersey, but mainly in the past.
Age: 79
Posts: 7,809
Received 135 Likes on 63 Posts
“Well, General Melchett, the science is simple … we use gravity. We just haven’t found a use for it yet.”
MPN11 is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:04
  #3375 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Downeast
Age: 75
Posts: 18,289
Received 512 Likes on 214 Posts
Moggy, the Kamikaze Trench Rat Killer was primed and ready.
SASless is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:07
  #3376 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Great South East, tired and retired
Posts: 4,380
Received 210 Likes on 95 Posts
Hoskins, out of sight behind the Officer, practiced his "I'm a little teapot" routine for the Corps Revue.
Ascend Charlie is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:31
  #3377 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Somewhere flat
Age: 68
Posts: 5,560
Likes: 0
Received 45 Likes on 30 Posts
"Unfortunately, someone ordered the engineering officer to "Blow the Kitty" at the next party.
Wensleydale is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:32
  #3378 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Somewhere flat
Age: 68
Posts: 5,560
Likes: 0
Received 45 Likes on 30 Posts
"I will now give a demonstration of "Cat 5".
Wensleydale is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:33
  #3379 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Somewhere flat
Age: 68
Posts: 5,560
Likes: 0
Received 45 Likes on 30 Posts
We found it in a Hun trench. We identified it as a "Mauser".
Wensleydale is offline  
Old 27th Jun 2021, 19:36
  #3380 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Somewhere flat
Age: 68
Posts: 5,560
Likes: 0
Received 45 Likes on 30 Posts
The Mess ran out of toilet paper, and so we had to find a substitute......
Wensleydale is offline  


Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.