aviatrix
WH Member
I wish I was good looking enough for people to think I was stupid
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Post by aviatrix on Dec 17, 2013 10:00:58 GMT
As someone who passed the course to be a Royal Marines officer HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Post by ncsonde on Dec 17, 2013 11:14:20 GMT
I passed the course to be an RAF pilot too, which was a doddle in comparison, Three days of tests and interviews, compared to three months. I'll show you the photos if you want - if you show us your arse again.
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pippop
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I love everyone here.
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Post by pippop on Dec 17, 2013 13:10:56 GMT
I passed the course to be an RAF pilot too... ( Swoons)
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Post by jean on Dec 17, 2013 16:26:00 GMT
Why, it's the Walter Mitty of Woman's Hours again!
Whatever would we do without him?
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Post by aquatic on Dec 17, 2013 23:50:03 GMT
Don't mock, tho.
I met him in the French Foreign Legion in 98.
Short bloke, powerfully built, fearfully ugly, great trooper, gross lizard, rank kitbag, foul breath; great time tho.
Still reeling from the encounter, tho - me at least.
We meet up occasionally in The Marches in fatigues, but I felt the passion had gone the last coupla times, so I may have to call it a day.
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Post by ncsonde on Dec 18, 2013 0:32:33 GMT
Do I detect some hint of scepticism here? ;D From the oft self-proclaimed expert on etymology who tells people with all the authority she deserves that to snipe derives from the bird? ;D ;D ;D
And, oh yes, then there's the well-known confidante of Mrs.Thatcher, and the Queen, who would of course be in the Lords by now, had he not had the humility to turn down all his rightful gongs.
And, um, no need to mention...errrr...gender, is there ladies and gentlemen?
Or arses.
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Post by allman on Dec 18, 2013 10:48:17 GMT
;D ;D ;D
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Post by jean on Dec 18, 2013 12:24:19 GMT
the oft self-proclaimed expert on etymology who tells people with all the authority she deserves that to snipe derives from the bird? Oh dear, these things do rankle, don't they? It'll probably help you to feel better if you try to remember that the authority you were disputing on that occasion wasn't mine.
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Post by ncsonde on Dec 18, 2013 15:15:13 GMT
the oft self-proclaimed expert on etymology who tells people with all the authority she deserves that to snipe derives from the bird? Oh dear, these things do rankle, don't they? Not in the least. It's no skin off mine you so readily make a fool of yourself. Firstly, your "dispute" was with Jonjel, or so I'm informed, not me - and he, sensibly, probably out of gentlemanly embarrassment for you, chose not to dispute your ludicrous claim at all. Secondly, you cited no "authority" but your own - for the reason no doubt that no real "authority" would make such an obvious and foolish mistake. Would they? Speak up, miss.
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Post by jean on Dec 18, 2013 19:27:25 GMT
You're forgetting that it's the OED's 'ludicrous mistake' we're talking about - nothing to do with me.
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Post by aquatic on Dec 18, 2013 20:50:49 GMT
And, oh yes, then there's the well-known confidante of Mrs.Thatcher, and the Queen, who would of course be in the Lords by now, had he not had the humility to turn down all his rightful gongs. I demand it be pricked in the record that: I was not Mrs Thatcher's confidante. I was not even her confidant. So there. She pursued me, not I her (I add for legal reasons). I regret mentioning The Queen, if I did, which would of course have been reprehensible without the preceding HM. I know so many queens, I must’ve been confused. Most of them are in The Lords, and I didn’t know you had to have rightful gongs rather than leftward-leaning ones to get in there. A life wasted, I’d say. You'll have it on your conscience.
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Post by BullshitRadar on Dec 23, 2013 17:39:43 GMT
You're forgetting that it's the OED's 'ludicrous mistake' we're talking about - nothing to do with me. Incredible, isn't it? Yes, is the answer you're looking for, according to the OED.
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Post by OMGWTFLOL on Dec 23, 2013 19:36:45 GMT
CHRISTMAS GUESTS ARE VWELCOME!
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Post by Santa on Dec 24, 2013 15:46:51 GMT
Xmas present for NSonde.
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Post by ncsonde on Dec 27, 2013 14:43:32 GMT
Why thankyou, sir. As it happens, my pair of trusty boots exploded on me last week, on a family Christmas hike. Over 20 years they've served me - trudged at least four mountain ranges, protected me on 11 building sites, and for hundreds of yards of dry stone wall building - and too many other very manly and virile things to bother mentioning. Exploded, one after the other, in the space of less than ten yards walking on a sandy beach. Now, I leave it to your imagination to decide the cause of such impressive powers of tumescence. Here's one for you. You can have it on a T-shirt, a car sticker, or, if you're hitting the town, on your handbag:
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