Lofty Large decked a donkey.......

[TomCat]

......he mullahed a mule he ass-whipped an ass
Why am I just learning this? Funniest thing I've heard in a while.

There was a history of the S.A.S. documentary on the Discovery channel the other day which I watched to get away from the tennis.These things aren't usually much good,but what made it was the contribution of several former members of the regiment giving first hand account of famous actions(and a tantalising glimpse of some colour film shot on ops from,I think,1972).Among the contributors were Pete Wignall,John McAleese(never off the box!) and Lofty himself.

Anyway Lofty was reminiscing about a time when he was having difficulty persuading a donkey to go uphill.Apparently the stuborn animal was having nothing to do with it a fact made worse by the native supposedly in charge of the beast laughing at Loftys attempts to get it moving.In his anger and frustration lofty "threw a punch into him" (the donkey that is.He didn't specify if he chinned it or otherwise!).

To everyones suprise,not least the donkeys,it went down as if it had been shot.Happily for animal lovers everywhere,and I include me,the donkey struggled to it's feet and carried on.As Lofty recalled the donkey displayed a previously unsuspected enthusiam for going uphill afterwards and the accompanying native kept his mouth shut and his head down.

Should this be included in selection to maintain standards?
"Right before we badge you, you've got to drop a donkey with one punch or you're rtu'd"

[Des]

Lofty Large wrote a book. Its probably one of the best books written about the SAS.

[Skiffle]

Should this be included in selection to maintain standards?
"Right before we badge you, you've got to drop a donkey with one punch or you're rtu'd"

Shhhhhhhh......Keep it quiet. Don't want everyone to know about the true selection course.

You'll be telling them the colour of the boat house next!

[TomCat]

I think we all know the colour of the boathouse
But I may reveal the colour of the regimental doghouse which has been extended significantly over recent years

[Whitey]

Our boathouse was white, clamshell actually. rusty zodiac racks inside, radio, fridge full of candy and junk, big fence around it and lots of sand. We didn't have a dog house, Elmer isn't that sophisticated. I get the Ronin joke though. Cold Cock a mule? I have a cousin who looks like Hauss Cartright who used to love to beat on the donkey, choke it, sueeze its nuts, throw it to the ground. Ironically he was grabbing the donkey's nuts to squeeze one day and it kicked him in his so hard he ended up losing one. One Nut Jim we called him after that. Knocking a mule out isn't too hard though if you hit it square between the eyes, seen Jim do that too even to miniature horses. Boy he used to piss his father off. He turned out okay though.
And to think he could have made it in SF. Our boathouse was white though, if you ever go to Pendelton it is right on the beach infront of FMSS across from the AAV yard. Sign on it too. Candy bars are 50 cents, coke 50 cents but a burrito is a quarter, never made sense to me.

[smiler127]

if you havent read Lofty's book, read it!!! it is the best book around (of any kind). He is a true legend, passed selection twice to get into the regiment once, after being told he was not medically fit for the army, (from being a POW in korea).