Quote from: Techno on 10 January 2017, 07:18:45 PM
I didn't notice, Mark.

But she had a very pleasant personality.

Cheers - Phil

Oh phil! and we wanted photos in uniform  for the Totty page 

Hah !

I just had the absolute poop scared out of me, until I read the (affects 1 in 10 people) side effects of the anti-coagulant pills that I stopped taking today, because I haven't got a clot in my calf muscle.

You don't want to know......

Cheers - Phil.

I've been browsing the ever popular Oxbridge English Dictionary and found the following:

Military - 1/1000th of a Tary
Musketeer - traditional cry of the flintlock seller
Pikeman - specialist angler
Cuirassier - odd appearance of the buttocks caused by to much riding horse in heavy armour.
Churchill - the low temperature endured as the vicar delivers his sermon
Archer - more like an arch
Terrorist - the Yorkshireman who made a mistake (thank you Barry Cryer)
Panzer - Cornish waiter suggesting a pizza base to a gentleman.
Hoplite - a rabbit on a diet
Sherman - what Sean Connery listens to in church
Centurion - best damned tank ever produced and don't you forget it!
S-tank - the smell in a Swedish AFV
Arquebus - "I hear the coach arriving!"

 

Very good. 

 

Cheers - Phil

More for the Uxbridge English Dictionary

Infantry - an affair with a toy boy
Gunner - hit the accelerator
T'gallant - Yorkshire lothario
Centurion - pushed Yuri forward (used of an entirely expendable resource)
Minefield - property of a German farmer
Cannon - in an unopened tin
Barrage - age limit in a French pub
Tankie - what a Yorkshireman blows his nose with
Engineer - expression of surprise when opening the boot of a Kubelwagen

  to both!

Quote from: Ithoriel on 12 January 2017, 04:05:48 PM
More for the Uxbridge English Dictionary

Infantry - an affair with a toy boy
Gunner - hit the accelerator
T'gallant - Yorkshire lothario
Centurion - pushed Yuri forward (used of an entirely expendable resource)
Minefield - property of a German farmer
Cannon - in an unopened tin
Barrage - age limit in a French pub
Tankie - what a Yorkshireman blows his nose with
Engineer - expression of surprise when opening the boot of a Kubelwagen

Chieftain - Primary sun lotion
Barbary Pirate - Buccaneer who's a bit like a barber
Tartar - One pirate asking if his comrade would like to visit a prostitute, and his comrade assenting
Ballista - a blister on a gentleman's what-not.
Scutum - mis-aligned belly
Gladiator - pleased I pleased my lady
Galleon - The Dark Lord's twin sister
Cossack - Because of the bag
Gambeson - Male offspring of Gambe
Tricorn - attempt maize
Bicorn - purchase maize
Breastplate - platter of chicken

fsn, you and I should be on the stage ... one leaves for Deadwood at noon!

Cornet - maize eaten
Trumpet - Yorkshire pirate asking his Geordie girlfriend to pass him a drink
Drum - home of the Prince Bishops
Saxophone - bags full of mobiles
Gunnery - sort of like a gunner
Derange - where you practice marksmanship in the Carribean
Squadron - who's playing today, Mr Atkinson?
Sherman - certainly sir
Honey - a bit like a Hun
Cromwell - to curse like Conan
Sheridan - aperitif, Daniel?

Quote from: Ithoriel on 12 January 2017, 05:52:14 PM
Cromwell - to curse like Conan

Bravo Sir! Well played!

 

Vickers Gun - The way the Church of England encourages donations
Ninja - glass container for your nins.
Samurai - Drunk enquiring if his friend Samuel is all right
MTB - Hungry apian
Mongol - Frenchman's objective
Centaur - made a gift of a prostitute
Spearman - a South African substitue player
Paradiddle - to  interfere with an Airborne soldier
Spitfire - 350,000 on the Scoville scale
Hurricane - cattle prod
Perspex - reading glasses
Frigate - effect temporary repair
Bondi - Yoda, the British secret agent
Bomb bay - a place where ducks are fish
Chaffee - a bit like strips of metal foil released in the air to obstruct radar detection
Garand - A London cabbie's enjoinder to pass
Lewis Gun - Techno's Bren


*heh* Cromwell!

Please stop me ...  ...

All very good ! 

Cheers - Phil