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    #11
    Originally posted by chasingtheaurora View Post
    I was arrested once in Birmingham for being mugged. I'd come off a train from a Royal Marines training course, still wearing my combat trousers, big green rucksack and a dark blue sweatshirt with the word "Royal Marines" on the front of it.

    And a scrote decided to pull a knife on me.

    Mmm.

    When the police arrived 5 minutes later I was on my feet and scrote was on the floor - and the police had the temerity to arrest me!
    Why didn't you stick him with his own knife?
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #12
      Originally posted by Troll View Post
      Why didn't you stick him with his own knife?
      Thats possibly why he got arrested
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        #13
        Originally posted by Troll View Post
        Why didn't you stick him with his own knife?
        Because I'm generally a peace-loving person. And didn't want to get done for manslaughter.
        Have patience. In time, even grass becomes milk.

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          #14
          Originally posted by chasingtheaurora View Post
          Because I'm generally a peace-loving person. And didn't want to get done for manslaughter.
          That's commendable, but if someone pulled a knife on me then I would see it as an act intending to kill me & in that situation I would see it as kill or be killed.
          If I were able to disarm my assailant then I would certainly follow through and take the consequences.
          No doubt his next victim may not be so able to defend himself
          How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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            #15
            Originally posted by chasingtheaurora View Post
            Because I'm generally a peace-loving person. And didn't want to get done for manslaughter.
            I find most Royal Marines are peace-lovers...
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              #16
              Trainspotting and good personal hygiene seem to be mutually exclusive, judging by the greasy, shabby-looking examples I've ever seen.

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                #17
                Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                I find most Royal Marines are peace-lovers...
                How do you find Royal Marines? I thought they wear camo gear all the time?
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                  I find most Royal Marines are peace-lovers...
                  "Any soldier worth his salt should be anti-war. And yet there are things still worth fighting for."

                  (Norman Schwarzkopf)
                  Have patience. In time, even grass becomes milk.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by wendigo100 View Post
                    I spotted a train-spotter at Marylebone Station this morning (so I can tick him off in my I-Spy book ).

                    Anyway, he was wearing camouflage clothing, and I'm still wondering why.
                    Well, I didn't see him this morning so perhaps he was at another station.

                    Or dressed up as a brick wall.

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