We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our article on the Long Range Desert Group, from the August/September issue of Military History Matters. Here are the winners:
WINNER:
‘The men were contemplating how they would make their issue of toilet paper last a whole month.’ — Paul Bennett
RUNNERS-UP:
‘It looks like we’ve all been furloughed. Get your coats men. We’re all off to the pub.’ — Stuart Cooper
‘What’s black and white and red all over? Men in the desert most likely.’ — Antony Ward
“It looks like we’ve all been furloughed. Get your coats men. We’re all off to the pub”.
The enemy can hide, we, the LRDG, will find and raid them!
bloody ell naffi prices hav artn gone up
What’s black and white and red all over?
Men in the desert most likely.
The men were contemplating how they would make their issue of toilet paper last a whole month.
Poor men, all this time in the desert eating sand witches
Memorize these notes quickly, then eat them!
Dam.. my tailor says there is not enough material for a new suit of clothes this year. So I’ll just have to continue wearing what the Army gives me…
You mean we’ve all been dumped by Vera Lynn?
Mmmm 3 across .Consumed after meal.Any ideas chaps ?
Not a clue Sir.
Has everyone’s transfer been denied?
Actors from the Long Range Desert Group rehearse their lines for an upcoming performance of “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Intelligence gathering.
Sand in my shoes is bootifull!
Your grandchildren will scold their children for staring at their iPhones during family gathering someday.
OK chaps, the latest virus advice is that we can meet with two other LRPGs in the open, but not indoors, unless its a Tuesday, or we are wearing shorts, but in all cases we need to keep two wadis apart
7 across clue “ It’s a long way to _________ “
“It appears the german government is trying to get Desert Fox Hunting banned.”
OK chaps, I just have to spot an oasis and I can send my book off to Big Chief I-Spy!
As I said last night in the harem, “Let us prey!”
Nineteen German tiger tanks have been spotted. We are facing a panzerdemic!
Hang on! This isn’t a map – it’s a piece of sandpaper …