tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post8278386150596549172..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Gurkhas getting shafted again?jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-70484314910457828882007-12-17T08:20:00.000+00:002007-12-17T08:20:00.000+00:00I've heard about that old boy. Seriously Aileni, t...I've heard about that old boy. Seriously Aileni, the way Gurkhas have been treated is a disgrace. Just as they get basic rights as parity with other soldiers we get this. I can hear Stephen Fry read what you wrote...jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-11327309389813003042007-12-17T07:55:00.000+00:002007-12-17T07:55:00.000+00:00Thats not sarcasm, it's cycnicism. Somewhere in my...Thats not sarcasm, it's cycnicism. Somewhere in my cuttings is a piece about a young Gurkha exinfantryman carrying his aged, legless father over something like twenty miles of mountain terrain to collect the old man's pension for which he had to sign in person. The old fella had fought in WW2 - for Britain.<BR/>My little scenario should be read by Stephen Fry to get the right feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-15981927411628469132007-12-17T07:54:00.000+00:002007-12-17T07:54:00.000+00:00Support Our Troops as in "bend over and take anoth...Support Our Troops as in "bend over and take another inch?" Ach it makes me sick Bryanjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-45068476664214290502007-12-17T03:24:00.000+00:002007-12-17T03:24:00.000+00:00Welcome to "Support The Troops." This is the sort...Welcome to "Support The Troops." This is the sort of thing that has been happening to the US military since 2001 and Don Rumsfeld.<BR/><BR/>Y'all shouldn't let your civil service or prime minister hang around with Republicans, it's contagious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-4139607825285446402007-12-16T19:45:00.000+00:002007-12-16T19:45:00.000+00:00Aye thang you!Aye thang you!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-84561461704469803422007-12-16T19:43:00.000+00:002007-12-16T19:43:00.000+00:00:):)Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-89923925634002533362007-12-16T18:48:00.000+00:002007-12-16T18:48:00.000+00:00Form too!Form too!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-42775004623904503712007-12-16T18:37:00.000+00:002007-12-16T18:37:00.000+00:00Absolutely Sean.A cave was found on the island of ...Absolutely Sean.<BR/><BR/>A cave was found on the island of Sark recently. It is believed to be the deeepest in the world.<BR/><BR/>This goes to prove that the Sark chasm is the lowest for of pitjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-83281488301090274592007-12-16T18:28:00.000+00:002007-12-16T18:28:00.000+00:00Reading Aileni's comment I felt the serpent Sarcas...Reading Aileni's comment I felt the serpent Sarcasm which is dwelling in the deepest den of my heart darting with relish.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-83598501099596602172007-12-16T18:27:00.000+00:002007-12-16T18:27:00.000+00:00It wouldn't surprise me Aileni. Whoever thought of...It wouldn't surprise me Aileni. Whoever thought of the scam it's a disgrace.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-69377457372622745202007-12-16T17:18:00.000+00:002007-12-16T17:18:00.000+00:00'I say. Jeremy, I've an awfully good wheeze - lets...'I say. Jeremy, I've an awfully good wheeze - lets kick the little freaks out before they are TimeEx and save HMG a bundle.'<BR/>'Jolly good, Sebastian - never did like those nasty knives. I hear it's a tough life in those hills - they not live long enough to draw the pension.' <BR/>'do you think there's a K in it ?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com