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Mind you I was serving in The Royal Scots then and ...
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This phenomenon is not new. As a young soldier many many moons ago, I wore my headdress with the badge over the left ear.
Mind you I was serving in The Royal Scots then and really, it was de rigueur with the Tam o' Shanter and Glengarry!
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I'm double hatted
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static-line-pimp and Bosscat like this.A l'eau; C'est l'heure.
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Except that secretly everyones agrees with the tenet that this does need gripping, the key is in the word --Uniform. Originally Posted by slipperman
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And I just know you wear them both correctly - even at the same time! Originally Posted by Bouillabaisse
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because traditionally we all wore berets with precision!
wouldn't have happened in my day walt!!!!!!!!
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Well both Tam and Glen were bigger than you then. Originally Posted by Auld-Yin This phenomenon is not new. As a young soldier many many moons ago, I wore my headdress with the badge over the left ear.
Mind you I was serving in The Royal Scots then and really, it was de rigueur with the Tam o' Shanter and Glengarry!
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Its either worn correctly or is isn't. If the powers that be dont enforce the rules, this is what happens.
How would people drive their cars if they knew they would NEVER be stopped for a motoring offence, Id be attempting to reverse all the way there just for larfs. Just once.
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Everyone? Originally Posted by Outstanding The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.
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I don't, I used to spend my waking hours dreaming up new ways to wear regulation kit on the limit to wind up my "Grown ups" Originally Posted by Outstanding
Every time I pulled my beret forwards, edged my badge around a bit more, made sure my JHW came down nearly to my knees, wore a windproof instead of a "normal" combat jacket etc etc I knew that somewhere, some wanker with nothing better to do was one step closer to having a massive thrombo.You're on thin f-ucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, f-uck off.
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I've heard rumours to why The Rifles do it, something to with us being mega :P Originally Posted by crow_bag
On a bright note, i know of a Mercian CSM who was attached to the rifles for a tour with aload of his bods. They soon wished they were chosen men and began to adopt Rifles traits. This all came to head with a rather funny rant by said Mercian CSM stating that his blokes arn't "chippy Rifles mongs" to the extent of asking one of his blokes why he wasnt wearing twisties as he was about to go on patrol.
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