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Subject: 'Flag Waving for beginners'

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Jim Martin

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Date Posted: 12:35:52 03/21/05 Mon

Whilst watching one of these re-runs of 'It ain't half hot Mum'on the telly took me back to times gone by putting the Union-Jack flag up numourous poles or masts as the Senior Service would put it! I remember the amount of times that our guys got this simple task wrong! The toggle always went to the top thus ensuring that all was well. If it went the other way round it signified a sign of distress was evident as has always been the case through history with British forces. The amount of bollockings that have ensued because some idiot had done this and had not realised the implications involved in his actions! Some Senior Rank going ballistic jumping up and down fit to burst throwing verbal abuse at his subordinates has always made me smile in a funny sort of way!....I remember in N.Ireland some Rupert wanted this Tri-colour flag removed off this pole from this hard line area. So us guys gathered around and tried to get this flag down without much luck as the bloody thing was stuck at the top! Some bright spark had the idea of shimmying up the pole,unfortunatly the pole had been greased. Paddy was enjoying this spectacle watching us struggling with this bloody pole. In the end we demolished this mast by chinese saluting it and decking this Tri-colour in the mud below which made Paddy very angry and revert back into Riot mode!....Our officer wanted to keep the flag as a souvenir but due to the aggravation we had received in completing this task we decided to burn it!...After all it wasn't our flag that had caused so much turmoil in the first place!......What say you?

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