Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 This afternoon whilst my bro was showing me a German 'butcher' bayonet he had just bought it slipped out of his hand and went through my shoe and into my left foot 6 stitches, a tetnus jab (guess where!!) and course of antibiotics have been prescribed. Apart from suspecting my bro wanted to be an only child, does this qualify me for the first Baker Pal wounded in action? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john w. Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Ian Mention in dispatches at the very least !! Wait to see what Chris decides John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 No Ian, sorry NO purple heart, instead you are qualified for courtmartial because of self inflicted wounds. Or was it a "late revenge"? Is your bro working for the Huns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Which was the most painful the bayonet in the foot or the jab in the ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 I would recommend you for a "purple foot" which might be a bit superfluous since you no doubt have a real one of these . I wont speculate on the colour of the injection site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Ian From one old crock to another! You are hereby medically reclassified B (ii) and transferred from 1st Baker Pals to 1st Baker Employment Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesley Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 I think a court martial is a little harsh. Surely a tetnus jab in the ***is punishment enough for anyone - Ian doesn't say what happened to his Bro - he's the one who should be disciplined! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Can it actually be classified as "in action" though, as it didn't take place "in the field"?. I once fell out of a tree at Hill 60 whilst trying to take an "aerial" photo of the area and fractured my wrist. Would this count? PS.The photo turned out fine! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN TALMER Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 That is definately self inflicted Dave and furthermore you failed to report the incident - convene the court martial without delay! "Bone Crusher" will preside - expect no mercy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 I do actually know someone who was wounded on the barbed wire at the Triple Tambour craters at Fricourt on the morning of 1st July. It was about 8 years ago and was dealt with by a paramedic in the "platoon". Will Ian be strutting around all weekend displaying his "war wounds"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john w. Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 CALLS FOR BONECRUSHER....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN TALMER Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Martin What War wound . The only thing that I will have Is a Damm Good Hangover on Sunday Morning I hope ????. After the Forum Dinner Does That count as a War Wound??? Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Sorry Brian -Martin let the cat out of the bag. You are due to be severely punished at the kangaroo court er, court martial, convened on April 12th. Lesley will deliver the coup de grace. However, if you do get a late pardon, can we maybe meet up at Pozieres as suggested. When will you be there (God and justice willing, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN TALMER Posted 9 April , 2003 Share Posted 9 April , 2003 Hi Kate And Hangover willing of course Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 10 April , 2003 Share Posted 10 April , 2003 Having now slept on it, I can positively say that anyone who would 'shoot themselves in the foot' or bayonet as in this case probably regretted it after, apart from the obvious court martial and firing squad, the pain is $%&*!!! As for the jab in the posterior, unfortunately not delivered by a cute nurse, but by some old trout who probably threw the javelin in the Russian Olympic team 1972! Ivor - You are right, we are probably both now the founding members of the 1st Baker Infantry Labour Coy (certain irony to that!). I am so pleased you did not mention an Agricultural Coy as her indoors would probably have me cutting down more trees I suspect said Bro is actually playing for the opposition, probably the Prussians, so an SIW is a bit unfair!! However he is my bro and probably getting me back for stealing his marbles or first girlfriend or something! Anyway I have joined in the spirit of the whole thing by dressing in the 21st Century version of hospital blue! Ian (Purple Foot & Scar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 10 April , 2003 Share Posted 10 April , 2003 As for the jab in the posterior, unfortunately not delivered by a cute nurse, but by some old trout who probably threw the javelin in the Russian Olympic team 1972! Ian Unfortunately nurses are no longer required to be 'cute' - present day ones are designed to be 'professional'. Get well soon - Sue [more 'trout' than 'cute' ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Holstein Posted 10 April , 2003 Share Posted 10 April , 2003 Three days away in Ypres rubbing shoulders with the great and good in the form of Jacky Platteuw and others at the US WFA conference and what do I discover but someone trying to get himself transferred to a cushy office job? No punishment yet found will be bad enough. Pity I won't be at the forum users' dinner on Saturday to pronounce sentence in person. Nice to be back though, Bonecrusher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 10 April , 2003 Share Posted 10 April , 2003 Serene Highness Justice Bonecrusher I'm sure Lesley 'Witchfinder Pursuivant' Talmer will carry out your orders, and several female members are assigned to inspecting various parts of Ian's anatomy at the earliest opportunity. Demon Moderator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 Sue, You are right my apologies for my late 20th century non-pc ness!!! Being a professional with a smile is better than being a professional looking like Saddam Hussein And yes she did have a moustache Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 Ian Now I know you were in some pain with the foot, but were you still able to differentiate between the sexes - sounds to me that the moustachioed Saddam lookalike could well have been male - a lot have appeared in hospitals since the cessation of hostilities in 1945!! Regards - Sue [ever smiling professional] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 Sue, I don't know many men called 'Janet'! However you never know it could have been Saddam or even one of his lookalikes - I hear they are looking for new jobs at the moment Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 As a former nurse and carrying the nickname of "Bloodthirsty" from an earlier post, I wonder if Our Serene High Justice Bonecrusher, Kate, and Lesley would appoint me as "Lady High Executioner" to deliver the final jab, if Bonecrusher deems it necessary! Since I have not renewed my nursing license for donkey's years, I can assure everyone that I most likely would make a proper mess of the whole thing! Cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Holstein Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 All right, Witchfinder Pursuivant, Bloodthirsty and Demon Moderator, now let's get down to business. What shall it be for someone whose clear and self-inflicted injury has such a poor excuse? Put up against the Cloth Hall as target practice for drunken hooligans with empty beer bottles (if such people are ever to be seen in Ypres) or doing the washing up at Charlotte's after the dinner next Saturday, plus tidying up and taking out the trash all without a drop of Belgian beer? Methinks he'll go for the Cloth Hall. Bonecrusher L J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 As Lady High Executioner, I think he should be put against the Cloth Hall, while a selected 'firing squad' of cute, smiling Belgian student nurses use him as 'target practice' for their injections! Kate, Lesley -- what do you think? Bloodthirsty Cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 11 April , 2003 Share Posted 11 April , 2003 I guess you girls still didn't get it right: he will be shot at dawn. No nurses , no rich nieces, only the lonely firing squad. He asked for it - he got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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