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Caption Competition Mk IV

Old 13th Jul 2023, 20:48
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When I said the airplane needed a service I meant...
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Old 13th Jul 2023, 20:56
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HSE jobsworths got quite agitated upon hearing the Flight Test Engineers had lost their balls during one of the airborne test flights.
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And the score is Montgomery 40, Hoskins Lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-v-e (Splat).

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It's not as hard as it looks, as long as the pilot keeps the ball centered.
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Your aren't using a trail formation anymore?

Are you kidding? I still haven't lived down the last birdie strike I reported.
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"Watch out! Port wing. It's Boom Boom Boris!!!"
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Not real baseline players but it got really out of hand when they applied too much spin.
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Okay, I did say we should take our contest to a higher court. But . . .
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I think it’s going to rain, can someone close the roof, please.
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Damn, my strawberries and cream has blown away...
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"Shirley? You cannot be serious?!?"
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Additional rule: Both server and receiver will be deemed to have foot- faulted and lose the point should they encroach on a surface marked 'NO STEP'.
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There's a joke in here somewhere about cloud seeding...

...and I'm not sure "those magnificent men and their dead cat gut strings" quite makes it over the net...
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Old 14th Jul 2023, 10:42
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"Oooooooooo ...bird strike"

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Wingman training at Wingbledon.
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To me to you, to me to you, to me to youuuuuuuuuu...
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You have to take the airfoil into account, but that isn't the worst. You also have to consider the placement of ribs under the fabric.

True enough, son, but in my days airplanes didn't have those fancy ailerons. . .
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. . . and then it opened fire. I swear the rounds were as big as tennis balls.
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You have to be serious!
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I'll judge it tomorrow (men's final day).
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