Hull gets a bad rap. It's actually quite nice.
At least that's what someone from Hull told me.
At least that's what someone from Hull told me.
Hull gets a bad rap. It's actually quite nice.
At least that's what someone from Hull told me.
That was the feel I was aiming for, so excellent.I feel like I’m in a herring-infested episode of Airplane/Flying High!
You do seem drawn to playing countries with very small militaries and primitive tech.
It's Australia next - tiny military and you don't get more primitive than them. These are people who only invented crude sandpaper in 2018. (A dig that possibly only @Bullfilter will appreciate. I say appreciate... )Like the U.K. in his grand epic!
The test would be, did said person still live there? There are many places the natives profess to love while moving out of as fast as possible.Hull gets a bad rap. It's actually quite nice.
At least that's what someone from Hull told me.
Luckily it's main rival is Cambridge, so it still manages to come out on top.Exactly. Oxford's a complete dump!
But au contraire, mon ami! It's more our judgement in trusting the British that let us down and brought horrendous casualties (Gallipoli, Western Front, Singapore - one of our five AIF divisions doomed to Changi and the Thai-Burma Railway, Greece-Crete etc).It's Australia next - tiny military and you don't get more primitive than them.
Luckily it's main rival is Cambridge, so it still manages to come out on top.
Proper well balanced Australian attitude - large chip on both shoulders.But au contraire, mon ami! It's more our judgement in trusting the British that let us down and brought horrendous casualties (Gallipoli, Western Front, Singapore - one of our five AIF divisions doomed to Changi and the Thai-Burma Railway, Greece-Crete etc).
But El Alamein and G-for-George in the Dambusters raid (and all the aircrew over Europe)? You're welcome!
Next lessons will cover Bodyline, Cough mints, Brexit and handling COVID-19 efficiently.
Haakon had better watch out for Brits bearing gifts or promises is all one can say in the AAR's context.
I am shocked, shocked!, that an American produced ranking system has American universities as best. They are such modest and humble organisations normally.Lies. Lies and slander! And inaccurate, Oxford is merely third best in the world, under an American of all things.
If the chip fits, wear it! A required counter-measure for outdated British assumed superiority. It's a friendly rivalry though, and my cricket tour of England last year (those glorious pre-COVID days, sigh) was one of the highlights of my life! We even won exactly as many as we lost, so balance was maintained.Proper well balanced Australian attitude - large chip on both shoulders.( )
These are people who only invented crude sandpaper in 2018
I am shocked, shocked!, that an American produced ranking system has American universities as best. They are such modest and humble organisations normally.
Send in the Norwegian Secret Police - it’s a crime! Or would that just be Policeman? Unless he’s off guarding the tank.For all the people clamouring for Haakon's return, they are conspicuous by their absence. Suspicious.
For all the people clamouring for Haakon's return, they are conspicuous by their absence. Suspicious.
However as we are so near the end I may as well wrap this one up.
He only said it was near the end... as this is @El Pip it could still take another five years to cover the month...Am I about to witness history of *two* El Pip AARs finished in less than three months?!
Norway's tank does not need guarding! (Because no-one would steal it). It didn't even have proper armour, just some iron plate from a construction site, along with an old bus engine and the gearbox from a volvo. Surprisingly it was armed, with a second-hand WW1 machine gun. It's all rather sad.Send in the Norwegian Secret Police - it’s a crime! Or would that just be Policeman? Unless he’s off guarding the tank.
Let's not go crazy. Two AARs finished this year perhaps.Am I about to witness history of *two* El Pip AARs finished in less than three months?!
This is probably nearer the truth.He only said it was near the end... as this is @El Pip it could still take another five years to cover the month...
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Why does Oslo Castle have so many bunkers? Will the King's blatant tempting of fate be punished? What does he do in the Fjords that takes so long? What was the Incident that so angered old King Hamlet? Did it involve Herring? Or Hull? Some, all, less or none of these questions will be answered next time on For King Haakon and the Fjords!
"The flying circus doctrine does look useful." Colonel Gulliksen said.
"Really?" Nygaardsvold asked dubiously
"Indeed. These plans to train Penguins to use the trapeze are impressive and the resulting circus show would definitely improve the morale of our pilots." Gulliksen explained.
"That does sound useful. I will have to thank the Danes appropriately." King Haakon nodded thoughtfully.
just cannot not make the comparison with the old "Batman" programmes that (I think) Adam West (?) starred in. They always ended, no matter how mad or pedestrian the setting, with an injection of drama like this, followed by "stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel." Bloody marvellous.
Shakespeare, sex dungeons and blind optimism for Swedish war simulators!
Danger mouse did it as well, though even more egregiously. The batman episodes were always two partners so you would actually see what happened next if you did watch the next one. Danger mouse though usually did one shot stories so if it ended on a cliffhanger, that was it. The announcer even told you that!