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Colzi
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:20 · [Salvaged from Archive]
:lol:
How can this be - off with thier heads!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16271160/?GT1=8816
LONDON - Great Scot! A shortage of ceremonial kilts could leave thousands of soldiers without a stitch of plaid to wear as they parade to the skirl of the bagpipes.
Military officials said Monday that more than 5,000 Scottish soldiers are having to share their kilts because defense chiefs have not finalized a contract to buy enough of the garments to go around.
The men, who face regular tours of duty in south Iraq and Afghanistan, have just 320 kilts, or one for every 15 soldiers.
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Combat troops wore the traditional Highland garb in battle as late as World War I, but now the plaid kilts are used in ceremonial uniform.
New kilts are needed for all Scottish soldiers following the August 2006 merger of centuries-old regiments into a single Royal Regiment of Scotland.
A planned deployment of kilts will be agreed with the Royal Regiment of Scotland on a roll-out basis with ... the full program being completed by January 2008, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.
The Ministry of Defense has refused to say who has won the contract to supply the kilts; in the meantime, soldiers will have to share.
The 320 kilts provided so far have been supplied by Argyll Bagpipes and Kilts on a trial basis. The full contract is worth up to $1.95 million, taking two years to complete and will involve 15,000 yards of fabric.
The kilt is psychologically important for the identity of Scottish soldiers, said Lt. Col. Willy Macnair, who served in the defunct Queens Own Highlander regiment. It may mean that some soldiers in this (new) regiment, by the time they leave, may never have worn it.
Scottish lawmakers and veterans had opposed the merger of the traditional regiments, which saw action in both world wars and the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa.
Military officials said Monday that more than 5,000 Scottish soldiers are having to share their kilts because defense chiefs have not finalized a contract to buy enough of the garments to go around.
IM THIER :lol: |
PA
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:22 · [Salvaged from Archive]
'tis a pity.... |
Cloudane
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:23 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Deary me
They'd better wear underwear then :P |
Colzi
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:24 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Deary me
They'd better wear underwear then :P
Do that and ure not a true Scot :wink: |
Brixton
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:25 · [Salvaged from Archive]
blame tony blair, the idiot couldnt organise a piss up in a brewery. |
jaba
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:25 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Those kilts are expensive - my best mate had to hire two for his wedding - they only had one in the family lol! |
Colzi
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:27 · [Salvaged from Archive]
blame tony blair, the idiot couldnt organise a piss up in a brewery.
Yea well i Blame him for salt in me tea instead of sugar..
Anyways thiers enough material and sewing machines to make em
NO EXCUSE lol :cry:
fuck the weapons :roll: |
Brixton
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:28 · [Salvaged from Archive]
where do kilts orginate from I always thought they were a battle dress to shit up their enemies?
maybe i watched braveheart too much...? |
Heero Valentine
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:29 · [Salvaged from Archive]
where do kilts orginate from I always thought they were a battle dress to shit up their enemies?
maybe i watched braveheart too much...?
to distract the enemy the pull up there kilts and the enemy is distracted and then they get owned :S |
Colzi
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:31 · [Salvaged from Archive]
where do kilts orginate from I always thought they were a battle dress to shit up their enemies?
maybe i watched braveheart too much...?
where do kilts orginate from I always thought they were a battle dress to shit up their enemies?
Ask Clouds she has a degree in history ( unsure bout that lol! ) She knows her history that lass!
Poss the Celts /Ireland unsure.
maybe i watched braveheart too much...
WATCH IT MORE :lol: |
Brixton
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:34 · [Salvaged from Archive]
WATCH IT MORE :lol:
they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!!! :lol: |
Colzi
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:55 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Aye!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMENIwshak |
Brixton
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 12:56 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Classic!! |
jaba
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 13:07 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Classic!!Hollywood porridge wogs! :mrgreen: |
DandruffBGone
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 13:13 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Classic!!Hollywood porridge wogs! :mrgreen:
Fuck off Jaba.....we're enjoying a porridge moment here. :D |
DandruffBGone
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 13:22 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Mine is a Reiver clan Colzi. Buncha hooligans! You?
http://www.holiday-lakeland.co.uk/reivers/index2.htm
Quote from website:
If you have one of the names listed and have always suspected that your relatives were a bunch of villains, then your worst fears could be confirmed!
Reivers Family Names
Archbold
Armstrong
Beattie
Bell
Burns
Carleton
Carlisle
Carnaby
Carrs
Carruthers
Chamberlain
Charlton
Collingwood
Crichtons
Crisp Croziers
Cuthbert
Dacre
Davidson
Dixon
Dodd
Douglas
Dunne
Elliot
Fenwick
Forster
Graham
Gray
Hall
Hedley Henderson
Heron
Hetherington
Hume
Irvine
Irving
Johnston
Kerr
Laidlaw
Little
Lowther
Maxwell
Milburn
Musgrove
Nixon Noble
Ogle
Oliver
Potts
Pringle
Radcliffe
Reade
Ridley
Robson
Routledge
Rutherford
Salkeld
Scott
Selby
Shaftoe Storey
Simpson
Tait
Taylor
Trotter
Turnbull
Wake
Watson
Wilson
Woodrington
Young
Unquote |
Quackers
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 14:33 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Perhaps they should stop dressing like shemales and dress like proper men? |
DandruffBGone
Salvaged from Archive | Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 14:45 · [Salvaged from Archive]
Perhaps they should stop dressing like shemales and dress like proper men?
Nice try T.Rex. :D |
