Cor, must have done something right for once as just noticed I am on Leon's end of year promotion list.....up to the dizzying heights of Lt Col no less ;)
Limit of 1 drink per person sorry, have to keep the mess bill under control.....
Congratulations and Huzzah!
I will live dangerously and have a shot of lime in my lemonade.
Lets see if you warrant your promotion tomorrow ;)
Well done, Peter !! =D>
I'll have a pint of absinthe.
Cheers - Phil
Congrats :)!
Congratulations!
I will have a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster....... wait let me get my Towel first
Congratulations - mine's an aiguillette on the rocks.
Just a pint of Springbank 66 then, if you insist.
One pan galactic gargle blaster please. And the stand sure is dropping !
Quote from: ianrs54 on 29 December 2018, 09:30:46 AM
One pan galactic gargle blaster please. And the stand sure is dropping !
Sure thing :)
Is the mess dropping its standards by only using 9 carat gold bricks in their cocktails now? :o
As in "The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is an alcoholic beverage invented by ex-President of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox, considered by the Guide to be the "Best Drink in Existence." Its effects are similar to "having your brains smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
Felicitations! Mine is a large one....
Congratulations! <:-P :O)
..... a malt whisky on the rocks, please .....
Congrats!
Seltzer on the rocks with a dash of licorice.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 December 2018, 10:09:02 AM
Felicitations! Mine is a large one....
come on Orcs -let's have a comment!!
Quote from: Leman on 29 December 2018, 04:53:54 PM
come on Orcs -let's have a comment!!
He's afraid I'll post a photograph if he disagrees.
Congratulations!
Time for tea, I'm tee-total.
Wiki says you are typically in charge of a battalion - I think that just means you have to paint in bigger batches :)
Congratulations.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 December 2018, 05:09:18 PM
He's afraid I'll post a photograph if he disagrees.
Yes, but we all know the tricks you can play with a magnifying lens , anyway I didn't know you had access to an Electron Microscope :)
Quote from: Orcs on 30 December 2018, 07:24:29 AM
Yes, but we all know the tricks you can play with a magnifying lens , anyway I didn't know you had access to an Electron Microscope :)
Using it right now...where
did the full stop at the end of the sentence above get to?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 30 December 2018, 11:14:11 AM
Using it right now...where did the full stop at the end of the sentence above get to?
It escaped, and is here. .
"...a full stop, like a full or perfect point, is obviously not an imperfect point or stop, whether as brief as a comma or as clear-cut as a semicolon or as disruptive as a dash or as smooth as a pair of parenthesis or as culturedly poised as a colon: here ends the statment, here ends the sentence."
Partridge
Yes, I now have that book as well.
One Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and we're into a serious discussion on punctuation.....just as well I limited it to one round :)
The kitty is a tad fanatical, but then foreigners often are !!!! What make it bad is about 250m of they canna spell proper ! ;)
Quote from: d_Guy on 30 December 2018, 11:42:28 PM
"...a full stop, like a full or perfect point, is obviously not an imperfect point or stop, whether as brief as a comma or as clear-cut as a semicolon or as disruptive as a dash or as smooth as a pair of parenthesis or as culturedly poised as a colon: here ends the statment, here ends the sentence."
Partridge
Yes, I now have that book as well.
In a pear tree?
Let us annoy less grammar nazis
:d
Selplnig i3 mstloy iatmmerial a3 sohwn b7 t4e lsat treh hdeut yras hov ltiuatr.
I'll have a single malt, light on the soda.
Quote from: d_Guy on 31 December 2018, 05:41:22 PM
I'll have a single malt, light on the soda.
Soda - in a single MALT -
PHILISTINE Also NAZIS should be all capitalised - its initials of the party name ;)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 01 January 2019, 10:32:03 AM
Soda - in a single MALT - PHILISTINE
Also NAZIS should be all capitalised - its initials of the party name ;)
Right on the Malt (shudder). Wrong on the Nazi; in English usage of course, in German it would be NSDAP...
Quote from: d_Guy on 31 December 2018, 05:41:22 PM
I'll have a single malt, light on the soda.
Sir, that is not the action of a gentleman. I think you should retire from the bar and consider your position.
In my time as a young barman, I was confronted with a customer in the flashy suit, gold dripping off every orifice, young fluff on his arm. He demanded a malt whisky and lemonade. I, of course, refused to serve him. I suggested he use a blended whisky if he wished to add lemonade to it, or perhaps choose the malt with a little water. He took umbrage and complained to the landlord, who, to his credit, supported my decision.
I have never been mistaken for a gentleman - a ranker through and through.
But I do agree, dilution is pollution.
One can be a ranker and a gentleman. One can also be an officer and clearly not a gentleman. As Wellington said "a French officer will slit your throat if you tell him he is not a gentleman, but that does not make him one."
Which logically leads to:
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
Mark Twain
I've heard that more often applied to bagpipes, again I fail as a gentleman.
Alternatively, Will, "A true gentleman is a man who may know how to play the bagpipes – but doesn't" :)
Ah! Great minds, d_Guy ..... or possibly the alternative :)
https://youtu.be/IB-PaZaiXOA
I was looking for Jeeves discussing the banjo, but as a gentleman, he would not say.
;D
Had forgotten about Bertie and Jeeves!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 January 2019, 04:47:02 PM
Ah! Great minds, d_Guy ..... or possibly likely the alternative :)
Fixed! ;) :D
Cor, must have done something right again as just noticed I must be on Leon's 30th Anniversary promotion list..... now up to the dizzying heights of Brigadier no less ;)
Limit of 1 drink per person sorry, have to keep the mess bill under control.....and please don't spill anything on the new shop carpet!
A pint of Macellan 64, thank you.
Congratulations Brigadier ... or should that be Chef de Brigade?
I'll have my usual please.
Me usual pint of Creme de Menthe sivousplait
Well deserved Sir
Half a shandy and a slice of lemon please.
Well deserved promotion, I say.
Pint of Brewdog's fine Tactical Nuclear Penguin please, barman, with a paracetomol chaser!
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Its disapointing that theres no real infantrymen on the forum.
I'll have a Port thanks. The RNZIR is not a bad drop.
QuoteIts disapointing that theres no real infantrymen on the forum.
I'll have a Port thanks. The RNZIR is not a bad drop.
RNZN neat rum is pretty good too ;)