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Early bird prize, Treadigraph, with "Silverjet's new Topless service proved to be a great disappointment to a large number of dirty old men who had booked seats in eager anticipation..."
Headmaster's prize for History goes to Kiltrash, for "At Farnborough after the Comet comes out the tank, it's dried off and put on the Ibiza flights"
Honourable mention to SLXOwft for "Letting 100 pax open their own complementary champagne bottles at once had unforeseen consequences."
Runner up is fdr for "Who cut the cheese?"
And the Winner is 622, with "In a desperate attempt to alert the cabin crew of the missing roof panel ....all passengers tried pushing the call button...."
Go for it, 622.
Headmaster's prize for History goes to Kiltrash, for "At Farnborough after the Comet comes out the tank, it's dried off and put on the Ibiza flights"
Honourable mention to SLXOwft for "Letting 100 pax open their own complementary champagne bottles at once had unforeseen consequences."
Runner up is fdr for "Who cut the cheese?"
And the Winner is 622, with "In a desperate attempt to alert the cabin crew of the missing roof panel ....all passengers tried pushing the call button...."
Go for it, 622.
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Drop anchor
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It's called the Moskva maneuver
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Feet wet... feet dry.... feet wet....
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I'm sorry, that's a 4,000 Ruble fine, parked on double yellows..
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They are there, come the dry season all will be revealed, unfortunately for you, you only have 28 days to appeal the fine and the dry season is months away.
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They are there, come the dry season all will be revealed, unfortunately for you, you only have 28 days to appeal the fine and the dry season is months away.
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If he thinks things are bad now, wait until I tell him that it's the sewerage pipe that has been breached.
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I keep saying, the mud at Glastonbury seems to get worse each year we attend.
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Poor thing … it’s suffering from Turrets Syndrome.
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Now I know why the Brits call us Septics...
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Don't laugh but the Colonel's just in front of us in a Jeep...
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“The tow hook? Attach it yourself, comrade!”
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Hello, is that the RAC membership...?
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The Croydon TA were well versed in dealing with unprepared roads, as demonstrated by this photo taken just outside their HQ on Mitcham Road...