Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...
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Some Gump said:
Lol. Ex speciAL forces people? More likely to be Dave from the TA, backed up by Trevor and Keith that used to be lance corporals in the army cadets.
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner' bmw535i said:
DonkeyApple said:
You are missing the angle that there is every chance that the employees are actually the walts. Plenty of ex army types love to embellish their past activities to a bunch of blokes on a stag weekend.
I have read their Facebook page in further detail as I was going to suggest it for my mate's stag do; and the link to it certainly reads exactly like the people running it are from Walt-ville.
wildcat45 said:
Some Gump said:
Lol. Ex speciAL forces people? More likely to be Dave from the TA, backed up by Trevor and Keith that used to be lance corporals in the army cadets.
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner' FiF said:
wildcat45 said:
Some Gump said:
Lol. Ex speciAL forces people? More likely to be Dave from the TA, backed up by Trevor and Keith that used to be lance corporals in the army cadets.
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner' Fane said:
Is there such a thing as Journo-Walts? I've seen an old shape Range Rover a couple of times in black, with tinted windows, and covered in CNN and ITV logos.
Most tv reporters travel round in converted sprinters/t5's with the sat dish on the roof and a video editing suite in the back.wildcat45 said:
Some Gump said:
Lol. Ex speciAL forces people? More likely to be Dave from the TA, backed up by Trevor and Keith that used to be lance corporals in the army cadets.
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner' Within about 30 seconds I was seriously worried that he was going to start pistol whipping and water boarding the opposite team!
Apparently his Regiment was permanently banned from every paintball venue within miles of their barracks
Tango13 said:
wildcat45 said:
Some Gump said:
Lol. Ex speciAL forces people? More likely to be Dave from the TA, backed up by Trevor and Keith that used to be lance corporals in the army cadets.
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner' Within about 30 seconds I was seriously worried that he was going to start pistol whipping and water boarding the opposite team!
Apparently his Regiment was permanently banned from every paintball venue within miles of their barracks
wildcat45 said:
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner'
While at Sandhurst the platoon did a paint balling do one weekend, didn't take the staff prisoners, but did put into practice what we were being taught. God it was dull.We won thankfully, but lost every other round after the first as everyone just went full Rambo after that. Much more fun then.
ellroy said:
wildcat45 said:
I always think it would be fun if a bunch of real SF guys went to something like this or paint balling. Act like a bunch of clueless office workers during the induction. Allow themselves to be patronised then clean-up including taking the organisers 'prisoner'
While at Sandhurst the platoon did a paint balling do one weekend, didn't take the staff prisoners, but did put into practice what we were being taught. God it was dull.We won thankfully, but lost every other round after the first as everyone just went full Rambo after that. Much more fun then.
I need to get to the start and read this thread through. Just some people I've met:
George goes into our local every Saturday evening and thinks he's great friends with a mate of mine. Always sits by him. George is just a plain middle aged man. My mate is Steve in these stories.
One evening:
Pub bloke: I got into a fight years ago, I was nineteen. I got kicked in the gut and just lay on the floor, panting, almost sobbing.
George: I bet you'd wished I'd been there!
Pub bloke: No, not really.
George: I'm an expert in martial arts, you see
Steve: You've never told us that, George. Which martial arts?
George: All of them
Another time:
Steve: Where is it you actually work, George?
George: Oh y'know, here there, everywhere. Probably shouldn't let on too much *taps the side of his nose*
Steve: Er, ok, fair enough
George: That reminds me, I won't be around next weekend. I'll be away with work *winks*
Me: No worries
The next weekend a lad who works behind the bar went on a stag do in Liverpool. Guess who was the minibus driver?
One last George story:
George: Evening guys! I've got a bit of gossip
Me: Go on then
George: My daughter has been seeing someone famous. A-list, in fact. She says it's getting serious. They're thinking of getting married
Steve: Go on, who is it then?
George: OK, I can trust you. It's Jude Law
Steve: b
ks. No way is it Jude Law
And that conversation moves on. About half an hour later a girl walks in and straight up to the table to George.
"Dad, me and mum have been sitting in the car for 45 minutes! It's freezing out there. Come home now!"
This girl was clearly no older than 13 or 14 and according to him, his only daughter.
George goes into our local every Saturday evening and thinks he's great friends with a mate of mine. Always sits by him. George is just a plain middle aged man. My mate is Steve in these stories.
One evening:
Pub bloke: I got into a fight years ago, I was nineteen. I got kicked in the gut and just lay on the floor, panting, almost sobbing.
George: I bet you'd wished I'd been there!
Pub bloke: No, not really.
George: I'm an expert in martial arts, you see
Steve: You've never told us that, George. Which martial arts?
George: All of them
Another time:
Steve: Where is it you actually work, George?
George: Oh y'know, here there, everywhere. Probably shouldn't let on too much *taps the side of his nose*
Steve: Er, ok, fair enough
George: That reminds me, I won't be around next weekend. I'll be away with work *winks*
Me: No worries
The next weekend a lad who works behind the bar went on a stag do in Liverpool. Guess who was the minibus driver?
One last George story:
George: Evening guys! I've got a bit of gossip
Me: Go on then
George: My daughter has been seeing someone famous. A-list, in fact. She says it's getting serious. They're thinking of getting married
Steve: Go on, who is it then?
George: OK, I can trust you. It's Jude Law
Steve: b
ks. No way is it Jude LawAnd that conversation moves on. About half an hour later a girl walks in and straight up to the table to George.
"Dad, me and mum have been sitting in the car for 45 minutes! It's freezing out there. Come home now!"
This girl was clearly no older than 13 or 14 and according to him, his only daughter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38...
They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
wildcat45 said:
Sorry it's not a Disco.
There used to be (maybe still is) someone in Lowestoft who had a radio for everything tuned to fire, police and just about anything else. It would be very quiet and then suddenly this voice would chirp out from a forgotten handheld.
He had so many radios that his family lived upstairs while the double sized living room was filled with them.
Seems to be the latest craze on 4x4s to have a spring type CB aerial but nothing connected to it.
"Seems to be the latest craze on 4x4s to have a spring type CB aerial but nothing connected to it."
Many years ago I drove a Mini Mayfair with a 4 foot CB aerial on the roof - made it easier to find in large car parks.
It did, however, look like a radio contolled toy car.
I didn't have a CB radio - but I wasn't planning on doing any "emergency responding".
Many years ago I drove a Mini Mayfair with a 4 foot CB aerial on the roof - made it easier to find in large car parks.
It did, however, look like a radio contolled toy car.
I didn't have a CB radio - but I wasn't planning on doing any "emergency responding".
austinsmirk said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38...
They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
Poor Rover!They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
austinsmirk said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38...
They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
look at them wearing converse. bloody hipsters.They should have waited and phoned big Dave's mother to see if he could bump start the Frontera.
joking aside, a nice tale though.
Morningside said:
There used to be (maybe still is) someone in Lowestoft who had a radio for everything tuned to fire, police and just about anything else.
It would be very quiet and then suddenly this voice would chirp out from a forgotten handheld...
I'm 99% sure that nowadays all Police radio is encrypted and can't be listened in on by Joe Public, not sure about Fire and Ambulance but I would assume they are all on the same system?It would be very quiet and then suddenly this voice would chirp out from a forgotten handheld...
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