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- Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
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Re: Jokes, please.....
A Personal Problem I walked into a pharmacy and asked to talk to a male pharmacist. The woman I was talking to said that she and her sister owned and ran the store, and hence there were no male employees. She then asked if she could help me. I said that it was something that I would be much more com...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Masters' Nicknames
- Replies: 76
- Views: 21417
Re: Masters' Nicknames
Re: Masters' Nicknames Postby PeteC » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:44 am alterblau wrote: There is another possible origin for Windy Whitfield’s nickname. His predecessor as junior housemaster in Barnes B was Windy McCracken and so unsurprisingly Whitfield inherited the nickname, perhaps because of the allit...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: CH Postcards - Series 1
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23431
Re: CH Postcards - Series 1
Re: CH Postcards - Series 1 Postby Sam » Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:36 am Michael: Ref Chapel Christmas photo. .... I have puzzled over this person and agree totally that it is not Rev Whitfield (Second Chaplain to Pullen, the Chain, I think) - he could not keep one syllable on a single note. I may be very...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Congratulations To Joe Launchbury
- Replies: 111
- Views: 68842
Re: Congratulations To Joe Launchbury
Re: Congratulations To Joe Launchbury by rockfreak » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:12 am Re: WPC (Beaky) Davies - he was England's centre partnership with Jeff Butterfield if I remember. I think he was the beef in the sandwich (you'd have remembered that if you'd seen him) and the late Butterfield was the dum...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Happy Birthday Katharine
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2173
Re: Happy Birthday Katharine
You'd better nip along to:Re: Happy Birthday Katharine
Postby J.R. » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:05 pm
My abject ajolopies.
The joys of Moderation mean I can correct mine AND other peoples mistakes.
before you-know-who does.Happy Birthday MrsC.
Postby J.R. » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:02 pm
- Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH and the Armed Services
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17584
Re: CH and the Armed Services
Postby Avon » Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:52 pm As a Navy flyer he wrote: ... I made the mistake of making a jibe at the present day RAF ... I generally enjoyed the years 1957-84 that I spent in the RAF. I was never in a job that involved working alongside any of the other services, and I am in no position ...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH and the Armed Services
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17584
Re: CH and the Armed Services
Postby postwarblue » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:56 pm That's my Tiger Moth, if you don't mind. Pongo Littlefield put me up for a Flying Scholarship (the first for CH) which paid for thirty hours on a Tiger Moth leading to a Private Pilot's Licence (which, afterwards, I couldn't afford to keep up). The 'wi...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH and the Armed Services
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17584
Re: CH and the Armed Services
In my Lamb A June 1952 house photo there are: (* denotes already mentioned) Me - (retired as Sqn Ldr 1984), and my exact LA contemporaries: D P Thomas* D J Cornwell* From the year ahead: J D Chappell - RAF navigator J H Rosier - Army From 2-4 years ahead: R N Tillard* Leaving in 1952: M D Porter - R...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:04 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
- Replies: 2390
- Views: 413909
Re: Jokes, please.....
Dogs Welcome A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his vacation. He wrote: 'I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?' An immediate repl...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:00 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
- Replies: 2390
- Views: 413909
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Why Old Men Don’t Get Hired
Job Interview:
Human Resources Manager: What is your greatest weakness?
Old Man: Honesty!
Human Resources Manager: I don't think honesty is a weakness.
Old Man : I don't give a **** what you think.
Job Interview:
Human Resources Manager: What is your greatest weakness?
Old Man: Honesty!
Human Resources Manager: I don't think honesty is a weakness.
Old Man : I don't give a **** what you think.
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:57 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
- Replies: 2390
- Views: 413909
Re: Jokes, please.....
An 80-year-old Scotsman went to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor was amazed at what good shape the old fellow was in and asked: "how do you stay in such great physical condition?' "I am Scottish and I am a golfer," said the old fellow "and that is why I am in such good shape...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:53 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
- Replies: 2390
- Views: 413909
Re: Jokes, please.....
Number of Words in Important Documents: Pythagoras' Theorem: 24 Lord's Prayer: 66 Archimedes' Principle: 67 Ten Commandments: 179 Gettysburg Address: 286 US Declaration of Independence : 1,300 US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 EU Regulations on the Sale of Cabbages: 26,911 Impossibilitie...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:50 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
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- Views: 413909
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For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. Not fair to make judgement of this, until you see what the Fire Commander says. In Macquarie Fields, NSW, a 4-flat housing trust property was destroyed by fire. A Maori family of 9, all w...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:47 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
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- Views: 413909
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The (US) Tax System Explained in Beer Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer, and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth woul...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Jokes, please.....
- Replies: 2390
- Views: 413909
Re: Jokes, please.....
Some have asked what I'm going to be doing in retirement. Well, I applied for a building permit for a new house. It was going to be 100 ft tall and 400 ft wide, with 12 turrets at various heights, windows all over the place and a loud outside entertainment sound system that was going to entertain th...