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As DelBoy's Uncle Albert would say. But my recent interjection into the Micrometer thread got me thinking that it might be interesting to hear a few 'war stories', but on the lighter side. Funny stuff, tall tales, shaggy dog stories and so on.
I'll kick it off with another from my dad - His name was Brendan so everyone called him Bren' for short. One of the wet-behind-the-ears apprentices where he worked asked someone why he was called Bren. In true wartime factory floor style he was informed that my dad was the inventor of the Bren Gun, and was secretly a weapons genius.
Apparently the young apprentice went in total awe of my dad for many weeks until someone put him right.
I'll kick it off with another from my dad - His name was Brendan so everyone called him Bren' for short. One of the wet-behind-the-ears apprentices where he worked asked someone why he was called Bren. In true wartime factory floor style he was informed that my dad was the inventor of the Bren Gun, and was secretly a weapons genius.
Apparently the young apprentice went in total awe of my dad for many weeks until someone put him right.