People trying to out 'special forces' each other on the Internet.

[Garry A]

Do you know which ship he was on? Did you know you can apply for and receive "The Arctic Star" medal posthumously for services in the Arctic Convoys (PQ17)?

Edited to include for link and correct lazy spelling.

One of my aunties has his records, I might just have a nosy.

 

[Brandane]

There's a certain jack speak that matelots and boot necks say. It's hard to lose it when you learn it

Some Police are the same, from experience. A retired mate of mine doesn't ask where you are, it's"what is your present locus?", and rather than "what are you up to?" he will ask for " your current status". I think (hope) he just does it to wind me up. Successfully!

 

[Brandane]

If that is even half of what he said, he isn't what he says he is.

I doubt very much that he is an ex marine. Maybe a forces reject with some "issues", or just some nobber with a collection of Commando comics from the 70's.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I've still got the rope burns on my hands from absailing down the embassy wall.

 

[Moon bunny]

It is easy to see if someone is ex-forces, just set off a loud firework and see if they dive into cover.

 

[Cubist]

[QUOTE 3876265, member: 259"]My dad had a load of WW2 medals he never showed us and we didn't know about until after he died. He wouldn't have been able pronounce some of them as they were in French and Greek![/QUOTE]
Nothing odd about that...let's face it, De Gaulle had Greek letters round his hat. (mind you he'd have looked funny with French ones.....)

 

[Racing roadkill]

I keep thinking of Robert de Niro and Sean Bean in "Ronin".

"What colour's the boat house in Hereford !"

Trick question, it's not painted, it's creosoted.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Best way to tell if someone is really ex para / regiment / Marines etc, is to give them a pair of women's panties, then challenge 'em to put them on. The real ones can do it in 5 seconds flat.

 

[John the Monkey]

...or just some nobber with a collection of Commando comics from the 70's.

Hmm, shouting "Achtung Englander" might prove/disprove that point.

 

[Profpointy]

I've still got the rope burns on my hands from absailing down the embassy wall.

proving you're an amateuer. An expert abseiler would never get rope.burms

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I keep thinking of Robert de Niro and Sean Bean in "Ronin".

"What colour's the boat house in Hereford !"

Unlike De Niro, at least I can pronounce Hereford.

 

[jonny jeez]

Did you know Lewis Collins passed selection, but failed the interview? It was decided by the top brass that having all the bad guys shouting "f*** me, that's Lewis Collins" every time he tried to free some hostages might get in the way of doing his job. Supposedly true.

Most ex SF or Det boys don't keep quiet out of modesty. They keep quiet because there are bad people all over the place who'd probably dearly love to pay them a visit, hence Spinney's words being spot on.

Lewis Collins taught me and my wife how to do a static parachute jump at head corn...a few years back...very quiet fella.

 

[jonny jeez]

My father in law was a Chindit.

My father in Law was a Chindit too.

Bloody spellcheck.

 

[Cheddar George]

Unlike De Niro, at least I can pronounce Hereford.

I did contemplate spelling it as "Heyfud".

 

[Drago]

Lewis Collins taught me and my wife how to do a static parachute jump at head corn...a few years back...very quiet fella.

You met Lew Collins, the hardest man of the 1970's and early 80's? I'm deeply envious!