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  • Never wipes his knob on the curtains

    13 23.21%
  • wouldnt be found dead wearing trainers and a suit

    35 62.50%
  • Should be inarticulate in any language other than his own

    9 16.07%
  • is a figment of his own imagination - the breed died out in 1918.

    10 17.86%
  • Is alive and well and living in Koh Samui off the earnings of his lovely Thai brides

    5 8.93%
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Discuss An English Gent..... in The Intelligence Cell on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by kyle6327:4468123 The gentleman is not dead, I still take the time to write a little "you've been micked" note to any young ladies I happen to spend the night with. And leave ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kyle6327:4468123
    The gentleman is not dead, I still take the time to write a little "you've been micked" note to any young ladies I happen to spend the night with. And leave a little Irish Guards sticker in her husbands sock drawer. Tis only proper.
    Isn't that nice the way they now allow little Irish Guards
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    Quote Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas View Post
    γαμήσου σας θαμπό μουνί
    MATRON!!! 'Es gone off on one again.
    3; 2; 1; Firing NOW.........

    3; 2; 1; Firing NOW ........

    FFS Pass me the bloody matches.

    Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas View Post
    γαμήσου σας θαμπό μουνί
    That will be you off the list of Gentlemen, then.
    To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaptainPlume View Post
    That will be you off the list of Gentlemen, then.
    I've never been a gentleman. I did meet one once at the Garrick. He was standing in the doorway, in full evening dress - well dapper - so I handed him my coat, as one does to flunkies. He turned out to be King Constantine of Greece waiting for his car.

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    ( I must confess the reference to 'plants own hanging baskets' has me rather flummoxed - I will enquire of McAllister when next he hoves into view...)
    Age is not an illness

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    A quick glance at these gentlemen may enlighten those flummoxed by today's dress etiquette. Or not as the case may be.

    Look at my fucking red trousers!
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    You know you're out of the Army when your bergan is going moldy in the loft. Bugger.

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    Probably the compliment which gives me most pride was when a stripper at a stag do called me a gentleman, and she meant it*.

    Of the various definitions of a gentleman my favourite is 'a man who will always use his butter knife, even when dining alone".

    *To explain to those who require an explanation- it's easy to be a gentleman to a lady.
    "YOU - Assume the position!"



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    Quote Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas View Post
    I've never been a gentleman. I did meet one once at the Garrick. He was standing in the doorway, in full evening dress - well dapper - so I handed him my coat, as one does to flunkies. He turned out to be King Constantine of Greece waiting for his car.
    Wog Royalty & Aristocracy don't count. Wogs start at Calais, by the way
    To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day

    Somerset Maugham

    London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cable_Ties View Post
    A quick glance at these gentlemen may enlighten those flummoxed by today's dress etiquette. Or not as the case may be.

    Look at my fucking red trousers!
    My congratulations...this image in particular makes me proud to be British....and proves once again that social deprivation and child abuse make
    " Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady sisters under the skin...."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goatman View Post
    My congratulations...this image in particular makes me proud to be British....and proves once again that social deprivation and child abuse make
    " Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady sisters under the skin...."
    Lovely picture of me & MasterPlume, but I simply don't remember that horrible sofa.
    To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day

    Somerset Maugham

    London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.

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