I work with a total bull¥$€#er!

[soad]

doogz said:

pherlopolus said:

Solution Architect?

Sounds like one for the ridiculous job titles thread.

Probably a (fairly) common job title in job advertisements (of recent years).

[prand]

pherlopolus said:

Solution Architect?

no, arguably worse: project management!

[9mm]

hora said:

9mm said:

Is there some sort of threshold you need to pass to count as legit and talk about your forces career. I mean, it's obviously ok for SAS balcony boys and people who did five tours of NI, etc, but what about the % of service personnel who never go anywhere near a bullet, or is just signing up enough to make you well hard and credible?

I was in the Air Cadets. Does this count?

I hope so because I was in the Cubs for a while.

If you heard about a kid whose uncle had a Ferrari blah blah, that was me. Quite satisfying to pick him up from school on the last day, not least because it was a spider.

Asterix - I've never heard a real soldier announce they were a driver/cook either. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate they're all military and might have to fight, but I also know that huge numbers in support roles don't. It's an observation, not a criticism.

[And172940]

We had a classic one at work 5 or 6 years ago.
It all started when he told us his dad was killed in the Falklands and was awarded the VC.
What followed was months of BS about being a sniper in the army. Whilst serving in Iraq he shot and killed Saddam Hussein's son in the desert from 2 miles away with a 12ft sniper rifle. He only found out when he got back to base and was called into a tent, inside was Peter de la Billiere who pinned a George Cross on him for his bravery, we asked to see the medal but it's in a display cabinet in Winchester because he did it for the regiment. When he left the army he was given a new identity (so that no-one could check out his bullst), but still has to have a hand gun in case the Iraqis catch up with him (which he can't show you). One day the press found out his real identity and he was chased down the road by the paparatzi! One day he wanted us to drop him off in our local town after work so he told us he had to get to the police station and report in by 6pm every Friday so that the regiment knew that the Iraqis hadn't caught up with him, if he didn't they would sent out the SAS to find him.
I've got to stop before I write a book.

[gowmonster]

I heard a story about a wee boy saying that his uncle was jay leno and sometimes uncle jay would drop him of in his Lamborghini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vcT1bq2XA#t=614

[Oakey]

These stories of the SAS Walts reminds me of the time I was in the Special Forces Club and this guy came over and introduced himself to me, I told him my name and he says "You're not so and so", I assured him I was and he repeated I wasn't and claimed he knew 'so and so' and had been drinking with him the week before. "that's him in that picture over there" he said pointing to a picture I'd had commissioned of a meeting we had held behind enemy lines during the Gulf War!

The fking nerve of some people.

[Rickyy]

All this SAS talk just reminds me of the "Super Army Soldiers" seen with Ross Kemp on extras!

Whilst on the subject, it was read out at my Grandad's funeral that he was in the SAS. I knew he was ex-forces, but he didn't ever mention SAS. He was also partial to a tall tale, so I was told.

Is there anyway of finding out about his time in the Army?

[carmadgaz]

hora said:

9mm said:

Is there some sort of threshold you need to pass to count as legit and talk about your forces career. I mean, it's obviously ok for SAS balcony boys and people who did five tours of NI, etc, but what about the % of service personnel who never go anywhere near a bullet, or is just signing up enough to make you well hard and credible?

I was in the Air Cadets. Does this count?

Some people seem to think so, I find it rather embarrassing when people assume that because I'm a CI in the ATC I have a military background when in reality I have no such thing.

Was talking to a chap in a club on Sat night who was telling us he was a "commander" in the Army. Fair enough he might of been but the 'Walt' alarm started when he wouldn't say what he was a 'commander' of!

[pherlopolus]

doogz said:

Sounds like one for the ridiculous job titles thread.

used to have a mate who was in the building industry, hated when IT People called themselves architects. I then became someone in IT with Architect in the job title. Don't speak to them any more :s

[silverfoxcc]

Back in 1961 a girl at our school in Wood Green, Jeanne Varney was asked if her Dad was Reg Varney ( he was appearing in 'The Rag Trade on BBC at the time) she said yes, and a lot of Oh Yeahs followed from some of her 'friends'. Two days later Reg turned up in his Jag to drop her off, no fuss, just got out the car and that was it. Used to chat to some of us, really nice guy. Coincidently 10yrs later he was filming On the Buses at the Eastern National Bus garage in Lordship Lane Wood Green.

[bingybongy]

silverfoxcc said:

Back in 1961 a girl at our school in Wood Green, Jeanne Varney was asked if her Dad was Reg Varney ( he was appearing in 'The Rag Trade on BBC at the time) she said yes, and a lot of Oh Yeahs followed from some of her 'friends'. Two days later Reg turned up in his Jag to drop her off, no fuss, just got out the car and that was it. Used to chat to some of us, really nice guy. Coincidently 10yrs later he was filming On the Buses at the Eastern National Bus garage in Lordship Lane Wood Green.

Similarly a young lad who I worked with in Nottingham was giving it the big I am about how Mark Hately was his dad's best mate.
Oh how we sniggered.
One day said footballer was picking him up from work so we all watched him walk to the end of the drive.
Mark Hately picked him up in a Ferrari.

[Ari]

silverfoxcc said:

Two days later Reg turned up in his Jag to drop her off, no fuss, just got out the car and that was it.

Really!? Just, like, got out if the car? With no fuss you say? And that was it?

That's the sort of thing that must stay with you for ever...

[graememac]

I don't know whether this guy has already been included in this thread but it's worth a read anyway...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=2&a...

[TobyLaRohne]

graememac said:

I don't know whether this guy has already been included in this thread but it's worth a read anyway...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=2&a...

good lord that takes me back, I met him on a runout, he was driving a lovely M5 but I dont think it was his...looking back at my posts in 2009 I said I was after a Corvette Z06 and 4 years later I'd had one, so here goes again..I'm looking at a Bugatti Veyron!

[AndrewEH1]

Rickyy said:

All this SAS talk just reminds me of the "Super Army Soldiers" seen with Ross Kemp on extras!

Whilst on the subject, it was read out at my Grandad's funeral that he was in the SAS. I knew he was ex-forces, but he didn't ever mention SAS. He was also partial to a tall tale, so I was told.

Is there anyway of finding out about his time in the Army?

Got his army number? I believe if you have that and some other details you should be able to do some digging. Check online.

[andy_s]

The Spruce goose said:

he lived in hereford

R Sqn?

[Vocal Minority]

graememac said:

I don't know whether this guy has already been included in this thread but it's worth a read anyway...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=2&a...

That was...interesting.

Hmmmm....

[Eddh]

Rickyy said:

All this SAS talk just reminds me of the "Super Army Soldiers" seen with Ross Kemp on extras!

Whilst on the subject, it was read out at my Grandad's funeral that he was in the SAS. I knew he was ex-forces, but he didn't ever mention SAS. He was also partial to a tall tale, so I was told.

Is there anyway of finding out about his time in the Army?

PM me his name and I can get it checked out if you want.

[ATV]

The Crack Fox said:

Ved said:

MagneticMeerkat said:

ATV said:

There was a PH'er who got exposed for doing this.

I can't recall his ID but some enterprising (aka scary) PH'ers did some digging and exposed him. He tried to fob it off a "a bit of trolling" but it was all a bit sad.

I seem to recall he'd also lied about his appearance, as though he was some 6' 5 rugby-playing, company director, Patek-wearing hard man.

Then somebody found a picture and uploaded it



This is exactly how you'd expect a bullstter to look. Small man, wearing a second hand Rolex (only he was actually given this by Paul Newman on his deathbed, not bought it off eBay like you'd think) drinking

The worst thing is that he was once heard to claim his sofa DIDN'T come from Land of Leather!!

Just caught up on the threads centred around this super human dhead. Blimey. If he's not getting all the 1978 Star Wars figures, boxed of course, for Christmas I'll eat his Unicorn skin hat.

That looks like one hell of a party

I'm very sorry because this is going to look like some major internet bullying now but a few other posters put up links I hadn't seen before and I came across this gem:

Gwagon111 said:

Luke. said:

Blimey. Well done. I think.

How tall are you?

About 6ft 2 - 6ft 3.

Here's me now

I don't have any uploaded photos of the big me. Imagine that but twice the weight, and you'll be fairly close

6ft2 to 3! Maybe with his hair done in the Guile style yes

Link to the original thread - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

His photobucket as motormouth1974 has some absolute gems but I'll be accused of being a stalker if I post any more so I'll leave it up to other people to view for themselves the absolute tragedy: http://s675.photobucket.com/user/motormouth1974/me...

[Oakey]

ATV said:

6ft2 to 3! Maybe with his hair done in the Guile style yes

Link to the original thread - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

His photobucket as motormouth1974 has some absolute gems but I'll be accused of being a stalker if I post any more so I'll leave it up to other people to view for themselves the absolute tragedy: http://s675.photobucket.com/user/motormouth1974/me...

But he wasn't lying when he said he was bigger?;



That's him, right? I assume that's the 'before' photo and this is the 'after' photo:

http://s675.photobucket.com/user/motormouth1974/me...

No?

Edited by Oakey on Sunday 7th December 11:01