Army

[minestrone]

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

 

[darmstadt]

Full sentence...

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

So:

 

[BrilloPad]

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.

 

[Scruff]

Complicated lyrics and a great hook!

 

[vetran]

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?

 

[DannyF1966]

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.

 

[vetran]

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.

 

[GlenW]

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.

 

[mudskipper]

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

 

[vetran]

Gran Torino was on last night, Clint at his best. well worth a watch.