Caption Competition Mk IV
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,883
Received 470 Likes
on
264 Posts
Well I'm blowed Hoskins; never mind being a Twenty Minuter, you're not even a Twenty Seconder...
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,883
Received 470 Likes
on
264 Posts
Sorry about that sir, but what a bit of luck! While I was hanging around up there I got chatting to the operator and she's agreed to accompany me to Saturday's Mess Dance.
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,883
Received 470 Likes
on
264 Posts
(drfit... Anyone remember that early 1970s kid's game where you had to land a Phantom hanging on a wire on a flight deck?)
***Further thread drift***
Treaders, yes, and the required 30°+ glidepath required to keep it moving![Evil](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/evil.gif)
![](https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1190x896/sfdstudio_b267b628a1f0ec488a2bdc06a396201f0ed1053d.jpg)
Treaders, yes, and the required 30°+ glidepath required to keep it moving
![Evil](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/evil.gif)
![](https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1190x896/sfdstudio_b267b628a1f0ec488a2bdc06a396201f0ed1053d.jpg)
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,883
Received 470 Likes
on
264 Posts
(Good grief!
Thanks SLXOwft... someone in my childhood social circle had it, seeing the BE2 bought it all back...)
Caption:
Sir, there's a bloke 'ere says what e's from the GPO hinvestigatin' hinterference on the telephone line. 'Av we seen anything huntoward?
![Thumb](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
Caption:
Sir, there's a bloke 'ere says what e's from the GPO hinvestigatin' hinterference on the telephone line. 'Av we seen anything huntoward?
Yes, Treaders, I remember that toy well. I worked as a purchasing manager for Bethlehem Steel's Plastics Division, Kusan, one subsidiary of which was Schaper Manufacturing. Schaper made the Carrier/Phantom toy (U-Fly-It), but was more famous for their long-lived product: the Cootie. My son, now fifty-three, and I enjoyed both!
- Ed
- Ed
Last edited by cavuman1; 16th Nov 2023 at 14:22. Reason: Add Descriptor
The following users liked this post:
Who painted the lines magenta!
"Hoskins! Explain yourself!"
"Well, sir, when Biggles mentioned something about 'kites'..."
"Well, sir, when Biggles mentioned something about 'kites'..."
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 33,435
Received 3,186 Likes
on
1,335 Posts
We keep getting a call coming through on the surviving line asking if we would like to purchase accident insurance cover .
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 33,435
Received 3,186 Likes
on
1,335 Posts
No Sh*t, Sherlock Holmes... would you mind putting that pipe out.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 33,435
Received 3,186 Likes
on
1,335 Posts
It's the Army, they never have managed to get a grasp on technology..
What do you mean, aircraft?
No, telephones..
What do you mean, aircraft?
No, telephones..
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 33,435
Received 3,186 Likes
on
1,335 Posts
It's Hoskins hint that he wants a posting.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 33,435
Received 3,186 Likes
on
1,335 Posts
No, we can't move it yet, we're awaiting the tabbards to arrive.