tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post3771960664603324299..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: On Thrasher, Limousines-for-Dictators, Saints and Army Veteran StatusIdlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-16131043443651946432012-09-24T15:48:36.221+01:002012-09-24T15:48:36.221+01:00Mitchell should go because he's a lying scumba...Mitchell should go because he's a lying scumbag who's been nasty to the help in a way no genuine toff would ever be. Not a gentleman. But then the RTR never were, were they? One of my chums was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. On reporting for duty he was informed by the Adjutant: "When off duty you will always carry an umbrella. Never wear brown suede shoes. It's the 'underground' never 'the tube'. This isn't the RTR. Carry on."Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-66761526560162758772012-09-24T13:51:53.738+01:002012-09-24T13:51:53.738+01:00When I was in my school's CCF, there was a cha...When I was in my school's CCF, there was a chap a year ahead of me who made it to the rank of Sergeant in charge of the Army section. I was RAF, thankfully.<br /><br />He made it to that rank and position for the simple reason he had let the masters know he wanted to join the Army after leaving school. It was well known that if you wanted promotion, hinting that you wanted to make it your career worked a treat.<br /><br />I'm not sure how many months he lasted at Sandhurst, but it wasn't long. He then joined the TA and even went to his sister's wedding in his TA officers uniform. <br /><br />He sounds very much like Andrew Mitchell...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-26929126637778105382012-09-24T13:12:38.564+01:002012-09-24T13:12:38.564+01:00I have a tidy 303 stashed away in America to show ...I have a tidy 303 stashed away in America to show my american relatives that guns don't have to be made of plastic.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-28258603902220069772012-09-24T12:33:59.781+01:002012-09-24T12:33:59.781+01:00I learned how to fire a .303 in the CCF. Fire a .3...I learned how to fire a .303 in the CCF. Fire a .303 and wait around a lot to no purpose.<br /><br />The second skill has proved more useful.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.com