Discuss ARRSE Foreign Legion in The NAAFI Bar on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by jumpinjarhead
I understood your meaning. Being color conscious is just a part of being the consummate renaissance man.
Are you saying I am English-challenged?
Well your inability to spell "colour" does indicate ...
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About LinkBacks- 11-06-2012, 17:38 #821Senior Member
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Well your inability to spell "colour" does indicate you have a problem. Is your surname Houston perchance? I'm taking a wild stab that you've speltified renaissance correctly though...
Originally Posted by jumpinjarhead 
Last edited by Civvy Scum; 11-06-2012 at 17:42.
In my 50's and thus a grumpy old man. Just so long as you realise that I'm right and you're wrong, we'll get along just fine, OK?
- 11-06-2012, 17:51 #822Given your relative youth in ARRSE-years, I will let that slide. The correctness of my spelling has already been the subject of much commentary years ago and the consensus (quite vocal from those ARRSERs who regarded my including both spellings to be pejorative) was I should just spell it the correct way and not accommodate Britons in their eccentricities of grammar and spelling. Originally Posted by Civvy Scum "A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
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Sir, can I ask, as your devoted Batwoman/nursey/brothel keeper thingy that I have an assistant? Or a pay rise?
"I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men."
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That's me told then...
rebelious colonials, mutter, mutter, mutterIn my 50's and thus a grumpy old man. Just so long as you realise that I'm right and you're wrong, we'll get along just fine, OK?
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Sorry, Mon General … we have an over-promoted Civvy Nig who is clearly not bi-lingual.
Should I dock his pay? Refer him to the CSM for language training? Or ask if he wants fries with that? Or ketchup?
Civvy_Scum - be very afraid. You crossed the line there, big time. There are many VERY senior officers in the Legion who can spell both ways.
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Shouldn't you go through the chain of command, i.e. your much loved poltroon commander, moi? Originally Posted by Nurse Ratched
Preferably "going through" should include something battery operated, but that goes without saying in the Legion, mon cher caporal.In my 50's and thus a grumpy old man. Just so long as you realise that I'm right and you're wrong, we'll get along just fine, OK?
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How about doing something to earn your title first?...... Originally Posted by Nurse Ratched 
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Fuck me, that WAS quick. There's a Predator circling my location as I type. Is that a Hellfire it's just laun Originally Posted by blue-sophist Sorry, Mon General … we have an over-promoted Civvy Nig who is clearly not bi-lingual.
Should I dock his pay? Refer him to the CSM for language training? Or ask if he wants fries with that? Or ketchup?
Civvy_Scum - be very afraid. You crossed the line there, big time. There are many VERY senior officers in the Legion who can spell both ways.In my 50's and thus a grumpy old man. Just so long as you realise that I'm right and you're wrong, we'll get along just fine, OK?
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Ah you managed to untie yourself at long last. I lay prostrate at your feet in apology. Originally Posted by Civvy Scum "I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men."
- 11-06-2012, 18:04 #830Not only one but you can have 2--see Baron etc. Blue Sophist Originally Posted by Nurse Ratched "A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
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