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Old 2nd Sep 2022, 14:35
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Well, it's Friday, and all good things must come to an end.




Some excellent inputs, with the Lesser Order of the Boat awarded to the following ...

Hydromet ... Low water levels on the Danube meant cruise operators had to resort to desperate measures.
CAEBr ... "Why are the fwd ailerons operating differently to the centre and aft ones ?"

"Primary, secondary and tertiary control effects sir"
Traffic_Is_Er_Was ... Sopwith's explanation was that, once you've built several thousand 1 1/2 Strutters, you've got to find something to do with all those left over 1/2 struts.

But the Grand Prix du Airfix, with non-PC Bar, and the CST goes to ...


Chu Chu ...We put wings at both ends so we could retreat by reversing pitch on the props.

Have a great weekend, folks!
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Not a cation....Obviously. .. but Tommy the tug boat said...." Oh no not again "

Ps well done Chu Chu..
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Too late caption: "I thought it looked like a House of Cards..."
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Thanks very much MPN!

Let's try this one for the holiday (here) weekend:

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I don't think that he's drunk sir, how would you react to a stick of that size penetrating your one way valve?
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Before the Buzz-Bombs, there was the Vibrating Shell, and Lantz-Korporal Schmidt seems to want to hold it forever.
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He said he passed it last night. Proud as punch he was. Biggest kidney stone we’d ever seen!
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I'm gonna make some trench art outta this for me missus.
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He caught it before it landed! Amazing. We were all shell shocked of course.
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Last known photo from before the Spanbroekmolen crater was formed.
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Zer British use zer Schpitfires to deliver zer beer bombs to zer front line, we just get zer artillery to shoot Schnapps shells at us...
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Having travelled through time, the Stealth F35b's landed in the mist behind them. No one noticed of course
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Cpl Punch was very pleased with what he had caught....
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Now if only the Russians would stop shelling us. After all it is Christmas Day, have they no sense of religion

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Great War prophylactics were somewhat cumbersome but also overcame brewer's droop...
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Oh how they laughed when Fritz revealed exactly what his Battle of the Bulge was!
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Too close for missiles, switching to....Artillery shells?
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Mashed off his t*ts on magic mushrooms, Feldwebel Braun was convinced he'd had a baby.
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Smoking is bad for your health, especially when playing with fireworks.
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"Kaliber? I never touch the stuff."
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