Guest tafski Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 some joke !!! pathetic Tafski also an ex 81mm Mortar man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Well, I'll vote thumbs up for Chris' spoof. Isn't the Forum all about loud explosions and the occasional red mist? I am only a "mortar-man" in that I was once shelled by one; 82 mm white phosphorus on the rifle range, but I think I have a vote. There seems to be too many Forumites about anyway. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammyLad1 Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Chris Go and tell your little gag to the British troops in Afghanistan, then see who's laughing. Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayessex Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 They would laugh the loudest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 25 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Chris Go and tell your little gag to the British troops in Afghanistan, then see who's laughing. Duncan Oh please... spare me such comments. I have been shot at and bombed myself, and to be quite honest, I'm really wonder what armies are represented here in the posts above. We laughed at everything. Even things that went bang. We laughed at **** jokes, we laughed at near misses, we even laughed at/with small flesh wounds, we laughed when eyebrows were shaved of drunken comrades passed out, we laughed at sick jokes, we laughed at (now in retrospect) mean pranks... And honestly, ex British squaddies in our lot were always at the front of the pack... so I am really a bit curious where you lot served. Unless of course you were all officers, then maybe I understand :-) I have refrained from posting out of respect to the older members, but the "Go and tell your little gag to the British troops in Afghanistan" is such a pathetic attempt to jump on the "its not funny " bandwagon, a comment was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayessex Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Here, Here, Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammyLad1 Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Hit a raw nerve then Chris? I think that you will find that your attempt at humour was wide of the mark or don't you understand that given the terrible consequence of IED's on our lads in Afghanistan, joking about explosives is in bad taste. I'm sure that your parents weren't laughing when you were shot at and bombed yourself. Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 25 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2011 I'm sure that your parents weren't laughing when you were shot at and bombed yourself. Duncan No, but they laughed themselves silly when I used to tell them all about it afterwards. Then again... they used to tell me to go play in the traffic when I was a nipper... Sorry Duncan, "Explosives" is not a holy word, never to be spoken aloud or joked about... you are mixing it up with "Voldemort" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayessex Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Duncan Did you see the BBC Series, Our War. If you did, tell me those young lads did not laugh at everything, even when under fire they laughed, even when one had shrapnel injuries just under his eye they laughed. Dont really think you can use the old, try telling the troops line. Please it was a joke, I just dont see how people could not see that. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammyLad1 Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 My last word on this thread PILLOCK Regards Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayessex Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Charmed I'm sure, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 25 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Charmed I'm sure, Whats a Pillock? Some kind of farming implement? Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Please it was a joke, I just dont see how people could not see that. Well, Chris knew he was going to make people angry. He said so himself. Pranking is all about eliciting a sincere response to a fake crisis so that the prankster can make fun of people and laugh at them for being taken in. It's a very specific brand of humor that appeals to those who like seeing others humiliated. You can't defend it by saying, "It was a just a joke," because the purpose of the prank isn't to be funny but to embarrass people publicly. I don't understand pranksters getting defensive or huffy when the pranked don't respond by laughing uproariously and saying, "That was really fun, being embarrassed like that! Thank you!" The entire point of the prank is to make people feel bad, so when they do feel bad, it's kind of odd for the prankster to then say, "It was just a joke! Lighten up!" It's not up to the pranked to be magnanimous to the person who went out of his way to make them feel bad. Pranking is sadistic; normal people don't react positively to sadism. If you choose to prank people, then you need to man up and own the results without whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoering Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 I remember now why I don't come here. Some people need to have those rods removed from their fourth points of contact. I'll check back in a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Has humour gone AWOL? Stop biting folks and see it for what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 I remember now why I don't come here. Some people need to have those rods removed from their fourth points of contact. I'll check back in a year or so. Everyone here will count the days until your return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 25 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2011 If you choose to prank people, then you need to man up and own the results without whining. Me no whine, Me be whipping meself as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckandbullets Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 I cant speak for you chaps who have or are in the Forces, but I can tell you that black humour is thriving in the Emergency Services and in my experience people don't take offence it is part of the banter. This is probably attributed to the job. As I understand it, this was also thriving in the trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Me no whine, Me be whipping meself as we speak. Eew. TMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 25 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2011 Has humour gone AWOL? Stop biting folks and see it for what it is Thanks Jay, I am guessing they dont want to hear the story about how we fixed an artillery Simulator/Thunder flash to the door of the toilets on a mortar course... :-(, pity, it was rather funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59165 Posted 25 June , 2011 Share Posted 25 June , 2011 I can see this from both sides..... what a waste of bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 26 June , 2011 Share Posted 26 June , 2011 59165; You enjoy 95 year old cheese?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59165 Posted 26 June , 2011 Share Posted 26 June , 2011 Yes. & similarly aged whisky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 26 June , 2011 Share Posted 26 June , 2011 Chris that is a nice example, can you break it down? By the way I thought it was funny and you should have let it go on a bit longer it had miles left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 26 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2011 Chris that is a nice example, can you break it down? By the way I thought it was funny and you should have let it go on a bit longer it had miles left. I wanted to nip it in the bud before it got too "hot", as I said before, I had expected a "Pull the other one!" response. It all unscrews very nicely. As the thing is not fin stabalised, I assume it flys any-old-how through the air with a time detonator? If that be the case (time tetonator); I wonder how misfires were handeled? Here is how we had to do it... I dont suppose the drill has changed... but with a time detonator it would probably mean the piece was wrecked with a misfire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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