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| Thread ID: 22629 | 2002-07-26 02:12:00 | WFTWE.....Zumbooruk. You may need one of these before the weekend is over! | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 65531 | 2002-07-26 10:52:00 | No Jen, I have friends in low places actually... | godfather (25) | ||
| 65532 | 2002-07-26 23:39:00 | Aaaaarrrrrgh! :O :O :O You strayed a bit with your reply Jen, some of that wasn't quite PC.:( Watch out I don't come after you with my zumbooruk, I'm nowhere near as subtle as those psychopaths Susan loves to excite. :D We are using up too many fantastic WFTWE opportunities with all this idle toing and froing. How about keeping it to one per response, and it has to stay in context i.e. on-thread. Please don't rain on the parade, it's too much fun. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D :D :D Originator, producer and unofficial moderator of WFTWE. PS. I'm good looking, modest and an all round good bloke too. I know because my Mum told me I was, and Mums are never wrong about their sons. B-) B-) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 65533 | 2002-07-27 01:11:00 | Oopps - sorry Billy, no offense intended :-(. I will put away my dictionary as I obviously cannot control myself with it. <slinks off into the corner> |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 65534 | 2002-07-27 05:26:00 | In a firefight between the Camel Corps armed with Zumbooruks, and Al Queda Pathans armed with Jezails, who would win ?:| Would the camels keep still long enough to reload and aim? |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 65535 | 2002-07-27 05:27:00 | Hiya Jen No offense taken, just keep the good words trickling in, a deluge kinda detracts from the effect. We don't want to quackle WFTWE so leave the vade-mecum at home a bit more. Oops, now I've gone and done it myself! Self flagellation is in order I think, I'll listen to the election results on both channels at once tonight as a penance. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 65536 | 2002-07-27 23:47:00 | Hmmmmmmm........?:| Are the Pathans on foot or on camels Terry? Mobility and rapid transportation are the essence of modern warfare, so the Camel Corps could sweep down in alternate waves with their Zumbooruks loaded with grapeshot (or should that be dateshot for desert warfare?) While withdrawing in turn to reload, they would then be able to decimate the Pathans with long range blasts while staying safely outside the effective strike range of the Jezails (notoriously inaccurate if using the earlier versions without laser sights). If the Pathans were mounted too (on, not by their camels), the Camel Corps could form a stationary defensive line and blast the incoming sorties with dateshot. Firing Jezails with any accuracy is hard enough when on terra firma, but the camel is a notoriously unstable firing platform even when standing still and its gait on the run is far worse, as many a Sheik would testify if he tried to have bit on the side in his sleeper car on the overnight camel express to Damascus and accidentally punctured his water bottle instead. My money is on the Zumbooruk Brigade. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D PS If they'd had their scouts out in Gore last night they would have seen the Camel Corps coming. Putting out a series of Boagy decoys could have drawn the Zumbooruk fire and allowed an escape out the back door before the TV cameras rolled. But then, the English were never very successful at desert warfare and suffered some spectacular defeats as a consequence. They never even saw them coming! |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 65537 | 2002-07-28 00:38:00 | The Pathans were tribesmen on the Northwest Frontier, and usually on foot, so I think mobility would win out. On the other hand they were expert at luring unsuspecting British troops into ambushes, and were particularly keen on removing private parts with their wickedly curved knives. They were in their element when doing that to kilt wearing Scottish platoons. They met their match when the Gurkas were sent in against them, they didnt like their heads being removed one little bit with those Gurka kukris, and the Gurkas could out-run and out fool them. After a campaign was over the Pathans would come and knock on the door of the local fort and claim their campaign medals from the British. They didnt see why only the British soldiers should get a medal when they themselves had contributed so much to the war. Then about 2 years later another incident would be staged to start another small war and earn more medals. This went on up until World War 2. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 65538 | 2002-07-28 21:47:00 | Well well well! The things you can learn on Press F1. I didn't know that the Pathans were helmet collectors. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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