MartinF wrote:Picking up on several of the previous comments:
Use of the “F” word. I read the memoirs of an ex-Royal Signals guy who mentioned the frequent use of the word. He quoted one of his colleagues who said “The f-ing f-er’s f-ing f-ed” and they knew exactly what he was talking about.
Sounds about right for the RS and the Army in general. Their use and abuse of the f**k and it's associated derivates has to be heard to be believed and it's not just the lower ranks that swear mightily. I finished my time working for the Signals at HQLand, Marlborough Lines in Andover and on one occasion, a particular OpsO needed to see one of the lads about something fairly trivial.
The OpsO, as occifers do, sat right in the corner of a very large, open plan office and the individual in question was at least 15 yards from him, so a considerable distance. We all heard the OpsO yell, at the top of his voice....''
Oi, Daimo, get your f**king ar$e over here!!"
SWIMBO also finished at HQL, but moved amongst the higher echelons in a different building. One particular one* brigadier couldn't string two words together with inserting either f*ck (or similar) or c**t (or similar) and addressed SWIMBO one day in a manner similar to the OpsO (above), whereupon she stood up at her desk and gave him back as good as he dished out.
He was nice to her after that
- Rob
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