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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: grumpyoldsoldier on May 19, 2007, 02:30:36 PM
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Bandsmen are told to stand guard
By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:23am BST 19/05/2007
In pictures: The Queen presents colours
The Army is so short-staffed that military bandsmen have been put on standby to replace infantry battalions guarding Cyprus.
Some musicians have threatened to resign if they are sent on the operation, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
Some bandsmen are saying that they joined up to be musicians, not soldiers.
"The worst thing about this is that we are essentially professional musicians who have not seen a rifle since our basic training," said one.
"The whole thing is ludicrous because we are musicians not bloody infantry. Three in our band are already saying if this goes ahead they will resign on the spot." The Corps of Army Music has 24 bands that total almost 1,000 musicians - the equivalent of two infantry battalions.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/19/narmy19.xml
"Get your fat lardy arse out there you bloody whimp!!!"
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Why does Cyprus need guarding?
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You do know that the BarMan sometimes lives there. With his exploding beer. Do you really need to ask that question?
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Ahem! whistle:
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You heard it here first folks!
Nick, Cyprus is awash with British bases including the RAF base at Akrotiri without which ?Desert Storm? wouldn?t have been possible.
There?s my explosive beer to guard too remember. whistle:
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So who are they expecting to attack it that they need to send musicians there with guns?
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So who are they expecting to attack it that they need to send musicians there with guns?
Expats armed with exploding beer of course! ::)
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You are now at -100 drumroll:
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You are now at -100 drumroll:
I saved him.
A free beer perhaps?
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You are now at -100 drumroll:
I saved him.
A free beer perhaps?
For sure - the beer is dynamite!