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    "The last point that you can apply to join is when you're 48 years and 9 months"

    #2
    Full sentence...

    ...although there are higher age limits for professional or specialist applicants.
    So:

    Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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      #3
      My brother, a former major in 1para, could not make it 12 miles across London. Since then I have lost alot of respect for the army.

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        #4
        Complicated lyrics and a great hook!
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          #5
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          My brother, a former major in 1para, could not make it 12 miles across London. Since then I have lost alot of respect for the army.
          paddling with his nads?

          how was he travelling? Was it the navigation or the endurance that got him?
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            paddling with his nads?

            how was he travelling? Was it the navigation or the endurance that got him?
            It's all part of the "what to do if you're captured" training - he was trying to dig a 12 mile tunnel with a spoon.
            • The meaning of life is to give life meaning
            • Worrying about tomorrow spoils today

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              #7
              Originally posted by DannyF1966 View Post
              It's all part of the "what to do if you're captured" training - he was trying to dig a 12 mile tunnel with a spoon.
              typical Paras, most people would take the tube.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                typical Paras, most people would take the tube.
                Yes, but most people wouldn't try to pinch other people's ears until the Royal Marines stopped them. Paras are best left on their own, away from civilisation.
                I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]

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                  #9
                  In Vietnam, the average age was n-n-n-nineteen.

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                    #10
                    Gran Torino was on last night, Clint at his best. well worth a watch.
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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