Just reading this quote from a story over on R&N ....

http://epgv1.europeanprescriberguide.com/rudder.htm

Sorry, hobie, but that should have been filed under 'Understatement of the Century'.

Personal favourite quote was from the Inquiry into the SAS shootings of IRA Terrorists on Gibraltar in the late 80s.

Lawyer to SAS Man: "Why did you shoot the suspect 32 times?

SAS Man: " I ran out of bullets..."

Glorious.

Is there any wrong way to kill a terrorist?

SASless

Yes!

1. Missing!
2. Stopping before the job is done (Quality Assurrance should pick this one up)
3. Using the MOD newsletters as a cosh (paper far too flimsy and tends to get slippy when covered in sweat from your exertions).

Hope this helps!!!!

:D

German exchange officer at Brize in 80s while on TACEVAL and everything is going wrong ... as usual.

"Now I know vy you British are so good in wartime. In peacetime you practice chaos!"

Same guy milling around WH Smiths in LHR with a shiny 10 crew about to depart to BAH on a BA Tristar and looking for some reading material for the flight. Exchange Officer has a large hardbound copy of the Battle of Britain in his hands and calls over to very new and about to be very embarrassed air eng.

"Hey, Eng come and look at this....its a very good book.......very sad ending!"

Overhead on the range:

"Look Scroggins I'm not expecting a DH, anywhere in Pembrokeshire would suit me"

(Approximately) "Hearts and minds? I'm not interested in winning their hearts and minds. Grab 'em by the balls and their hearts and minds have no choice but to follow"

Westmoreland ? Vietnam:hmm:

Yeoman, I believe it is generally attributed to Chuck Colson, Nixon's Chief of Staff at the White House.

Showtime100 said:

...err not exactly! In true Private Eye pedantry I have to refer you to Eyes passim, in this case Eye 698 where similar stuff was on the cover!

Hardly a quote from a lawyer reprinted on the front page as it would surely have been considered sub judice at the time? I don't know though, being an urban legend spotter rather than a lawyer.

So. Shome mishtake surely?

Yours boringly

CR

Not sure if it is the original source, but I believe that line was uttered by one of the characters (Hurricane pilots during the BoB) in Derek Robinson's outstanding novel Piece of Cake.

Cheers! M2

CR,

Fair enough, I am happy to stand corrected by your thorough and somewhat overzealous knowledge of Private Eye Covers.

Nevertheless I still think its a great quote and it made me chuckle.

Showtime100

<shoves glasses up nose> fair enough!

Mayor of Hiroshima 1945:

"What the **** was that?"

:D

From a certain OC Eng, mentioned on another thread, to a group of Americans.

The lean process has been implemented at Ly****m and is working perfectly well.

If memory serves me the move was taking place on that day and the shambles was about to start.

"So how did you enjoy Dallas, Mrs Kennedy ?"

or

"So how did you enjoy the theatre, Mrs Lincoln ?"

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

Tony Blair. :* :{

Deutsch Marine Pilot, Lief, on Exchange doing JEFTS at Barkston Heath three years ago, whilst flying a NAVEX round Lincolnshire:

"Vy are zer so many old Airfields in zis area?"

Err........

'The problem with aircrew is that they think the Air Force revolves around aeroplanes.'

An actual quote from the RAF Bruggen Families Officer (c.1995), about 10s before he hit the floor of the Officers' Mess Bar.

...because as everyone knows, Aircrew actually think the world revolves around them.

How out of touch was that guy?