Old School Sayings ...

[TrickyTree]

I was coming back from the gym today, passing between two barrack blocks when a pilot came tear-arseing around the corner, out of breath, and barely having enough about him to return my salute. I smiled benignly upon him and gently chided him: "Don't run, Sir. It panics the men." DT_Xtremez_15:

 

[veryretiredscribbly]

Back when I was in 'super-clerk' training - and no, it didn't involve wearing underwear over our trousers, I remember sitting outside Campbell Block at Hereford with another trainee who decided to gob just as the discip cpl walked around the corner.

Said cpl walked up to scrote and I. I stood up. Scrote looked at cpl.

Cpl "go and wipe that up"
Scrote "I'm off duty"

Cpl looked at me, turned purple.
I walked away before meltdown occurred.

Would that have been the legendary Cpl Glenn Walker?
A legend in his own mind.
His favourite phrases on weekly morning inspections were "Get a shave. No, ANOTHER shave".
And "Are you offering me violence?".
I never got either but wished for the second one, I wanted to say "No, I'm giving it away for free"

Glenn quite liked "oh dear, how sad, never mind" too. He did a great deadpan delivery and it was hard not to laugh when he said it. It brightened up those bloody freezing mornings outside the SecTrg building.

His senior oppo Sgt Al Murray (no, not the pub landlord) only seemed to have 2 phrases in his vocabulary.
"Get a haircut!" and "Charged, 1250!".

 

[Far canard]

Reading these bought back many memories. Thanks to all who've posted.

The one that sticks in my mind is - in the late 60's as a newly promoted SNCO, I was given the task (punishment?) of supervising a bunch of miscreants on a clean-up prior to an AOC's inspection (do they still have those? It's been a l o n g time!!).

The SWO, complete with obligatory overweight Labrador, strolled past where the chaps were "working" (sorry, having a fag break, leaning on brooms - you get the picture!). Dog went for a lie-down.

Calling me over, said SWO asked: "Do you remember the mantra, sergeant?
If it moves, salute!
If it doesn't salute back, pick it up!
If you can't pick it up, paint it!"

"What colour would you like the dog, sir?" was my reply!!

1250, hat's off visit to the CO........

 

[Flybynight]

[QUOTE

"What colour would you like the dog, sir?" was my reply!![/QUOTE]

Your mistake was in failing to leap into action and painting the SWO - without asking what colour, of course, all SWOs are g r e y... DT_Xtremez_39:

 

[Scouser812]

SWO at Cottesmore managed to spot a fishead tecchie walking out the mess without his beret on. "GET YOUR HEADDRESS ON YOU SCROTE!" "YES YOU WALKING OUT THE MESS NOW TOWARDS THE CAR PARK" (said fishead increases his pace to try and get to his car quicker)."DONT EVEN TRY AND DISAPPEAR INTO YOUR CAR...I WILL FIND YOU!" fishhead pretends he hasnt heard anything, gets into his car and boots it towards the spar. SWO then gets 2 other lads who were coming out the mess with him to give him the offenders rank, name & place of work.2 days later the offender was painting kerb stones outside handbrake house.

 

[Flybynight]

--- Sayings Often Found On Bog Walls Near RAF Stations At Home And Abroad In The 1960s ---

"Kilroy was here." (Whatever happened to him?)
"I was here in 1958" - reply- "I was here in 1948-get some penicillin tabs in."
"Get some time in!" (Usually to opiniated AC1/LAC.)
"Get your trunk out!" (Ditto.)
(Waking someone at 0200) "Do you want to buy a battleship?" (Response 0300) "What colour?" (0400) "Grey."
Fanciful 'explanations' of why the WRAF block was alleged to have square broom handles.
"Oh we'll make a Flight Sergeant do the Dance of the Seven Veils when the Red Revolution comes!"
(Someone farts) "Twist!"
(Ditto) "Go ahead, Brown, you're through."
"Low-flying pongo alert - beware of brown splattering!"
"Backs to the wall, the matelots are in town."