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Signe
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Army pilot rap over pizza flight A lieutenant has been disciplined after using an Army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend. The incident on 25 January saw the unnamed officer divert from a routine training flight over Stanford, Norfolk, to take the fast food. The Ministry of Defence refused to name the officer, from 659 Squadron, or divulge how he was punished. A spokesman said: "The chain of command doesn't condone these sorts of actions. The individuals have been disciplined." He added: "During a routine low-level training sortie, somebody decided it would be an opportunity to use it for a delivery." The extra cost caused by the diversion is not known. The pizza was understood to have been delivered to a female officer cadet at an Army range at Thetford, Norfolk. The Ministry of Defence spokesman did not confirm what toppings were on the pizza. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4245723.stmPublished: 2005/02/08 09:31:01 GMT Now, that's love! |
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HaemishM
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Did it arrive in 30 minutes or less?
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Kenrick
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Did they get the toppings right?
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Paelos
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Did they get the toppings right?
My guess is extra sausage. |
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Signe
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There is nothing even you can do, Haemish, to take the romance out of this story. It brought tears to my eyes. Really, it did. You can ask Righ as he is the one who read it to me. I suppose I can expect pizza for Valentine's Day. With any luck, he'll deliver it in a brand new sportscar.
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Joe
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Only if its paid for by the taxpayers.
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HaemishM
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I hope he was playing "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong" on the copter's loudspeakers as he delivered it.
In a white uniform.
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Nazrat
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I hope he was playing "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong" on the copter's loudspeakers as he delivered it.
In a white uniform.
Unfortunately, the pilot played the only appropriate music to play while riding in a helicopter: Ride of the Valkyries as shown in Apocalypse Now. So, the mood was ruined as he strafed the female cadets with his rockets. |
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I hope he was playing "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong" on the copter's loudspeakers as he delivered it.
In a white uniform.
I just stabbed myself in both eardrums to hopefully avoid ever hearing that song again. Thanks for the reminder- I have been meaning to get around to it for years now. |
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Joe
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Yeah, but then the family guy episode where Stewie and the guy who played the Sicilian in The Princess Bride sing a duet is far less funny, Way.
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schild
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That's not love. That's ridiculous. Using our nations resources is no laughing matter.
I do wonder how much that delivery costed the government in ROFLCOPTER fuel.
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Ironwood
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Romance is a lie women tell themselves before opening their snatch.
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schild
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Romance is a lie women tell themselves before opening their snatch. Lol. This thread is about 30 seconds from going to the den. I do believe it's Signe's intention for it to go there anyway. |
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
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Ironwood
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Ah, that made me laugh. Ice Weasels.
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Signe
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I think very nearly almost everything should go there.
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Nazrat
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If the pilot was flying training missions anyway, the fuel was going to be burnt on nonsense anyway.
It's not like the guy was in the terminal and decided to make a special flight to airlift the pizza. The whole point of a training flight is to burn fuel and get flight hours. This guy found a way to multitask his military job with his love life. Hurray for him!
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Paelos
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It was probably a roleplaying game they wanted to try. She was the young brash cadet in another land, and he was the eager pizza delivery boy with access to a military chopper. It's better than the plots of most porn movies.
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It was probably a roleplaying game they wanted to try. She was the young brash cadet in another land, and he was the eager pizza delivery boy with access to a military chopper. It's better than the plots of most porn movies.
Fixed it for you. |
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Just to put this thread back on topic, sort of:  |
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Our most successful military operation in years.
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Ironwood
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Goodness, everyone's being funny in here : This thread gets the drunk Ironwood Seal of Approval.
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
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Furiously was trying to decide if you were serious or not, then Furiously figured the ice weasels were actually people in ice weasel suits. Then Furiously realized Furiously was going to the bad place. And now Furiously is crying in a corner, making me type this. |
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Our most successful military operation in years.
All he would've needed to do to make it perfect is find some way to blow up some Canadian troops by accident. Also, MrHat's avatar disturbs the shit out of me. |
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Paelos
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Bruce
Furiously was trying to decide if you were serious or not, then Furiously figured the ice weasels were actually people in ice weasel suits. Then Furiously realized Furiously was going to the bad place. And now Furiously is crying in a corner, making me type this. Bob Dole called, he wants his shtick back. |
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Alkiera
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That's not love. That's ridiculous. Using our nations resources is no laughing matter.
I do wonder how much that delivery costed the government in ROFLCOPTER fuel.
I doubt it cost our government anything, Schild. Our government doesn't have a Ministry of Defense... On the other hand, Britain DOES, which is probably why the BBC asked them about it, rather than the Pentagon. Britain is also the location of Stanford, Norfolk... At least until some giant tidal wave moves it into... France, or something. Alkiera |
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schild
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Touche.
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Signe
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Touche.
It was a little hard to read. You don't need to thank me. This thread has become decidedly unromantic. |
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Signe
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Heh. Before we left the UK, I was getting constant spam from Tesco, inviting me to join their online service, bank, credit card, etc. They are relentless. |
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Rodent
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When the hell did pizza become romantic?
I see myself saving a fortune in future dating.
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TheWalrus
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Is the ice weasels thing from Groening or Barry? I can't remember.
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SirBruce
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Is the ice weasels thing from Groening or Barry? I can't remember.
Groening, but he jokingly attributed it to Nietzsche at the time. Bruce |
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Calantus
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Heh, something similar happened down here recently. A fire fighter took the fire engine to get some pizza, and then there was a fire, and that was the only truck supposedly on duty. Oops. He's in trouble now, not that it should surprise anyone. Here's a link |
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I take my love advice from the great, departed Warren Zevon:
"I can saw a woman in two,
But you won't want to look in the box
When I'm through.
I can make love disappear,
For my next trick I'll need a volunteer."
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Um, never mind.
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