Royal Navy Reports
The form used for Royal Navy and Royal Marines officer fitness reports is the S206. Here are some of the cutting remarks that have been used on some of the less fit officers over the years…
Feline angry
“Brits have a reputation for being pet lovers and that’s great. I quite like dogs, when they’re not fierce-looking brutes who jump on me and clart my clothes with muddy paw-marks. And I don’t mind cats when they’re in someone else’s house and being all nice, fluffy, and purry. But what drives me mental is all the pooh involved.” Phil McCollum sounds off about a pet hate.
Erbil Airways
“Sometimes people start projects and you can tell from the start that they’re never going to succeed. Sometimes they surprise you – and then again, sometimes not.” Phil takes a break from her daily routine of doing the accounts and being shot at to look at a home-made aircraft…
Communication
“When you know nothing of the person with whom you are communicating and they know nothing about you it’s easy to misinterpret things: does ‘Where do you live?’ mean ‘So I can murder you in your sleep’ or ‘I would like to have a physical relationship with you’ or ‘I have fun reading your messages, I like you, and I’m curious to know more about you’?” Phil reflects that what you say isn’t necessarily what the other person hears…
Strange coincidences
Some of the spooky parallels between the lives and deaths of US Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy…
Popped in, Seouled out
Dave makes a flying visit to South Korea’s capital and wishes he could have stayed longer!