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[–] IheartSwimming ago
The most well funded military in the world, and it's not raising the best soldiers?
[–] deejf 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
If you read Kipling, you'd know that all times are fucked up.
I went into a public-’ouse to get a pint o’ beer,
The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.”
The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I:
O it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”;
But it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but ‘adn’t none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-’alls,
But when it comes to fightin’, Lord! they’ll shove me in the stalls!
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, wait outside”;
But it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide,
The troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide,
O it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide.
Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap;
An’ hustlin’ drunken soldiers when they’re goin’ large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin’ in full kit.
Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?”
But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll.
We aren’t no thin red ‘eroes, nor we aren’t no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An’ if sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints;
While it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, fall be’ind”,
But it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind,
There’s trouble in the wind, my boys, there’s trouble in the wind,
O it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind.
You talk o’ better food for us, an’ schools, an’ fires, an’ all:
We’ll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don’t mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow’s Uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!”
But it’s “Saviour of ‘is country” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
An’ Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool—you bet that Tommy sees!
[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
What do you expect when only older generations know why it is there?
[–] Alois_sticklgruber 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Thats a stupid statement.
The younger generation doesn't care, and rhe immigrants hate the whole country and its inhabitants
[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Is it? Do you know what the younger generation is being taught? I agree whole heartedly about immigrants if they are illegal aliens or "refugees".
[–] sillymanilly 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is just sad. But I know forty year olds without a clue about any of the wars.
[–] Alois_sticklgruber 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago (edited ago)
Would any of the soldiers who faught the nazi's, still have faught them, if they knew what their country would turn into?
My guess is the nazi party would have a few million more members in the u.k., but hey maybe they would have liked having a million african moslemd roaming the streer raping british girls, changing the british isle into little Mogadishu
[–] Papa_Goebbels 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
"If the British soldiers on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 could look forward to the end of the century and see what England has become, they would not have bothered to advance another 40 yards up the beach."
-David Irving.
Makes me shudder.
[–] Alois_sticklgruber ago
Whats scary is the uk has no plan to stop importing dumb africans/arabs.
This is all a prelude to ww3, which will finally destroy half the population of earth, something the men in power want to happen. Cant have billions, they say.