Selfish Tw*ts

[Robotstar5]

We never had flashy badges like that when I was in the Scouts

Mine would have been early 70's.

 

[fizzy]

Mine would have been early 70's.

Dib dib dib

 

[plantlife]

Wow, fair play, well done,

 

[Robotstar5]

Dib dib dib

When you grow up in a family with a long association with the scouting movement it's only natural to be part of it

In the photo are my dad, two of my aunts and two of my uncles.

 

[fizzy]

I always think of Dad's Army with the sea scouts

 

[Wedg1e]

Well done to the OP and f*** you to the idiots whose first thought is to get it on Youtube

When my mate had a head-on with a Megane near Strasbourg in '19 he landed flat on his back and was out cold.
Some Dutch guy came along claiming to be a doctor and despite several of us telling him to keep his nose out he pulled and tugged to get mate's helmet off.
Paramedics arrived and cut all his gear off; by now he'd regained consciousness but couldn't move or feel anything.
He was airlifted to hospital where they ran all the tests and, amazingly, found nothing broken.
Three very hot and sweaty days later (no aircon) with barely any sleep mate had recovered sufficiently to sign himself out, swallow a lot of painkillers, get a taxi to the airport and fly home.
He was most miffed about his gear being cut off
Was seen very quickly by the NHS, his doc signed him off on sick. While he was laid up his nervous system threw a complete wobbler - he'd have one hot leg and one cold, that sort of thing - and his company took the opportunity to make him redundant.
To add insult to injury the garage in France who had the remains of his Ducati on a pallet kept trying to bill him for the storage, regardless of how many times he told them it was no longer his bike but the property of the insurers!

We've all agreed that next time someone wants to yank a helmet off they will get a U-lock round the neck. Still breathing? Leave the lid alone.

 

[Morrisman]

Last first aid course as a senior NCO I did in the army back in 1979 , ready for things over the water. The staff sergeant medic called out , " Right , middle aged man falls into the road and is hit by a car what will you do? " ... Private Taff called out " Is it family Staff " and got 7 days in the clink for his comment ,
Though all of us now on nervous pre ops tour fell about laughing as none of us had heard such a black humoured wise crack as good as that before.

Doing first aid training in the far east, we are basically told not to get involved unless it’s family or a good friend. If you help a total stranger there’s every chance you’ll end up with their hospital bill, or should they die, you might well get blamed. I’ve seen it happen more than once.

Got a willy?

Not big enough to fit all my problems on.

 

[Dapph2]

Full sleeve tattoos, both arms.
I keep planning to get a medical bracelet with my details in.

Unfortunately tats are quite often ignored . When I started playing with explosives I had my name and blood group tattooed on each wrist area where as watch would be. Got a right Boll*cking of the M.O. at the time he said blood groups can change and tats can turn to blood problems in later life .

Hopefully things may have changed with better inks but I'm not so sure that tats will be looked for or obeyed , unless it's the more modern HMF paid for tats done at their facilities not in side street salons etc.

 

[Onoff]

Got a right Boll*cking of the M.O. at the time he said blood groups can change and tats can turn to blood problems in later life .

I believe there's some evidence now linking tattoos to cancer.

I only have the one on an "intimate" appendage. It says "Welcome To Barbados, Have A Nice Day!"

 

[Dapph2]

Along its length or round its girth?

 

[Erie Fred]

Along its length or round its girth?

"P-U-N-X-S-U-T-A-W-N-E-Y"

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[badabec]

Off tangent, as usual. A customer of mine was in India during WWl. They were told that if they ran over a local, to make sure he was dead. Half a crown to bury him, six pence a month for the rest of his life if crippled.

 

[roofman]

When i was a kid, the kids boxing club i was in was next to a scout hut...you can gather the banter between both clubs, going home with blood all over our kites and our scout mates walking with us in there neat uniforms and shorts i had mates who boxed, was in the cubs and scouts and others joined the army cadets. These are the things we did back then as a form of expected to do.

 

[Farside]

I believe there's some evidence now linking tattoos to cancer.

I only have the one on an "intimate" appendage. It says "Welcome To Barbados, Have A Nice Day!"

In the winter it's "Wy!"