Army quotes....

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Shotgun Jon

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246 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Evening all

I work for a Local Authority and today i've simply had an horrific day at work, you know the ones.....where you get home from work and get straight on the web to look for a new job.

Anyway, before i did that my day reminded me of a quote that is sometimes used in the Army. I read it first on piston heads but can't really remember it all...........i want to use it in my resignation letter!!! It went something like this.....

"for so long, each year we continue to do more with less until we have reached the point where now we are expected to do everything with nothing"

Does it ring a bell with anyone and if so, do you know what the full quote is?

Thanks
Jon

Monkeylegend

26,227 posts

230 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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"Never has so much been done for so many by so few"

Shotgun Jon

Original Poster:

246 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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That's Churchill isn't it?

jimlad71

53 posts

205 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”

That the one??

dudleybloke

19,718 posts

185 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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I think it was a retirement speech from an officer.

Monkeylegend

26,227 posts

230 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Shotgun Jon said:
That's Churchill isn't it?
Something similar, which is what inspired me wink

Shotgun Jon

Original Poster:

246 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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jimlad71 said:
“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”

That the one??
Jimlad! That's the one alright!

Thank you so much! biggrin

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Or you could try ' fking fkers fking fked ' that's an old Army quote.

ApOrbital

9,942 posts

117 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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You will do what you are fking told you fking usless move your fking stty arse or else you will get a good fking kicking in 5 minutes you sad move it now.

ApOrbital

9,942 posts

117 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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That was just on the tube.

ApOrbital

9,942 posts

117 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Bet they regret that. You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece! What's your name fat body?
From the great film

Scousefella

2,243 posts

180 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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There are only 3 Army quotes that really matter.

1. FUBAR
2. SNAFU
3. NAAFI break.

Edited by Scousefella on Tuesday 3rd March 21:46

omgus

7,305 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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My old boss used to tell us she would be back in a SNAFU, we think she meant Jiffy but never asked how she had got it so bloody wrong.

Rickyy

6,618 posts

218 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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"Kill, kill, stab, twist, kill"

http://youtu.be/yKmnaYcdUes

ETA : link NSFW.

IroningMan

10,154 posts

245 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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'This officer is not fit to command a view.'

'Men will only ever follow this officer out of curiosity.'

Or maybe those were from one of my confidential reports?

TobyLerone

1,128 posts

143 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Not enough swearing in most of these posts. Something more along the lines of this might be more 'Army-fied'...

You fking st wkers. You're all bks. No can do any fking thing without fking it up. fking tts.

NNH

1,515 posts

131 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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jimlad71 said:
“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”

That the one??
I though that was the unofficial REME motto?

R8VXF

6,788 posts

114 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Milk and two sugars.

If ya got em, smoke em.


Frenchda

1,317 posts

232 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Durch

benjj

6,787 posts

162 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Fancy a pint?