Military Joke

[wolf63]

During a lecture to a Combined Services Staff Officers' course an instructor posed the question: "What would you do if you found a scorpion in your tent?"

A RN officer said he would stamp on it; an Army officer said he would hit it with his boot. An SAS officer said: "I'd catch it, break off the stinger and eat the rest." The RAF officer said: "I'd call room service and find out why there was a tent in my room."

[Grimaldi]

Should that have read 'tank'?

[Svejk]

^Snigger. I liked it anyway, wolf. ;)

[retrocop]

At least the Brylcream boy didn't fly off the handle!!

[Baldric]

Airy-Fairies eh! don't ya just luv 'em?

[waterboatman]

Sounds about right.

[Prudie]

wolf as someone who works with the military (and an RAF brat) that has really made me laugh out loud.

[zebo]

Anyone who has worked with the three services will appreciate this.

[Jackdaw33]

Like it. The RAF officer had the right idea, (from an ex-Brylcreem boy).

[Grimaldi]

Must be a long standing Forces thing - I'm (re)reading Alistair McLean's "Guns of Navarone", and this crops up in Chapter 2:
"Coffee, sir?". The young air-gunner was still
standing patiently by his side, the
inverted lid of an ammunition box serving
88 a tray for the cups he was carrying.
"Sorry, boy, sorry.- Mallory struggled
upright in his seat, reached up for a cup of
the steaming liquid, sniffed tt
appreciatively. «Thank you. You know, this
smells just like real coffee.*
•It is, sir.- The young gunner smiled
proudly. «We have a percolator in the
galley.*
«He has a percolator in the galley.*
Mallory shook his head in disbelief. «Ye
gods, the rigours of war in the Royal Air
Force!» He leaned back, sipped the coffee
luxuriously and sighed in contentment.