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Caption Competition Mk III

Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:04
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Join the Army they said... See the World they said...

Didn't bloody say anything about packing Churchill's cigars.
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:26
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It were an 'eadline in The Sun: "Archduke Ferdinand Found Alive. World War a Mistake"!!
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:31
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DPD screws up yet another LOVEHONEY delivery.
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:38
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It says here, "Light blue touch paper and stand well clear."
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:55
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Well one of these MUST be the genuine Coffman Starter Trophy...well it has passed through a fair few thieving hands in Blighty..
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 21:56
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ANZAC's still had no idea why a war in Europe should involve them...Sooner we declare Independence the better.
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 22:01
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Is it just me or was anyone else hoping for some Hand Cream in these Care packages from Home?
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Old 16th Dec 2022, 23:50
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'ere, are you sure these will make good false legs Sarge? Eventually sonny, eventually...
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 04:53
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 04:56
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So I went to the careers office and they asked me what trade I ‘ad and I told ‘em bricklayer, that’s ‘ow come they posted me to a Mortar team.
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:23
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Well on my application said I worked on Shell. So they sent me here. I meant IN Shell...you know the Oil Company... Lesson learnt always check your CV for Autocorrects
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:25
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Don't you think that's quite enough dynamite your stuffing in there??...By the way Paddy what part of Ireland is you from??
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:26
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Cpl Fawkes, What was it you said your Great..Great..Great.....Grandad was famous for??
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:28
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The English Cricket team get sent to the front line, Theory was when Jerry starts lobbing grenades the men should be able to whack them back..😀
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:31
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Hellava size of a Cuban we got as a pressy from Jerry....Anyone got a match??
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:32
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Right then you 'orrible lot, when you've finished that, you'll be shelling peas in the cook house.

Blimey Sarge, I'm glad all this 'ard work'll be put to some good use then!
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 05:36
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Could be worse, my Cousin Albert got posted to a Corvette, the stories he tells about every time he gets torpedoed..During the War he always starts the letters with
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 09:05
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Well according to these IKEA instructions, we screw 4 of them into the corners of the box to form a modern and contemporary bedside table, it’s part of their Somme Range.
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Old 17th Dec 2022, 09:14
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The artillery call them party poppers, they plan to fire them over Jerries lines on New Year’s Eve.
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