http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 00:48:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67818 Thu, 12 May 2011 10:48:50 +0000 Screenie 67818@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hey, Basil_B, feel free to paste it under the right sub, it could do with a bump :) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67817 Thu, 12 May 2011 10:46:23 +0000 greg various 67817@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Talking of subs.Once upon a time I put together an Airfix model of HMS Ark Royal. My version turned out showing what it looked like after it had been torpedoed. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67811 Thu, 12 May 2011 09:42:40 +0000 Basil_B 67811@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'The credit card story is the same - if you read it in detail, the guy actually got off because the credit card company hadn't sent him any terms and conditions - only the size of the settlement was influenced by the harassment'. </p> <p>Do you want to copy and paste that bit under the right sub or me? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67810 Thu, 12 May 2011 09:34:05 +0000 BillyBitzer 67810@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The BBC journalist hasn't actually told any lies, he/she has just "sexed up up" a bit to try an make it more interesting than it is.</p> <p>The credit card story is the same - if you read it in detail, the guy actually got off because the credit card company hadn't sent him any terms and conditions - only the size of the settlement was influenced by the harassment. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67805 Thu, 12 May 2011 08:53:27 +0000 Screenie 67805@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The police have been using plastic bullets for years. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67803 Thu, 12 May 2011 08:41:55 +0000 Pinhead 67803@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can verify that the Royal Navy has had plastic senior officers for many years </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67801 Thu, 12 May 2011 08:31:42 +0000 MADJEZ 67801@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>BBC not heard of Google ? My Dad was on HMS Brecon in the late 70s and that wasn't the first. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67795 Thu, 12 May 2011 08:04:25 +0000 Basil_B 67795@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Why let the proper facts get in the way of a made up story.<br /> Although, only I can use that excuse as opposed to the original journo's. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67792 Thu, 12 May 2011 07:02:12 +0000 BillyBitzer 67792@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>First plastic battleship? I assume you read a BBC item about a plastic minesweeper being waved off from Faslane?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13351105">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13351105</a></p> <p>The RN had their first plastic minesweeper 40 years ago. The quality of journalism.... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67762 Wed, 11 May 2011 15:41:27 +0000 Basil_B 67762@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Surely the RAF would use paper aeroplanes? </p> <p>Thanks but i'm trying to cut out chocolate at the moment hence the alternative spelling.<br /> That's done it! I fancy tucking into a tasty 747 now. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67758 Wed, 11 May 2011 15:29:50 +0000 Phlegm 67758@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Surely the RAF would use paper aeroplanes? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67749 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:30:03 +0000 Basil_B 67749@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wouldn't a plural Navy become a Navi?</p> <p>Yessi </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67746 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:19:22 +0000 Mr Payne 67746@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wouldn't a plural Navy become a Navi?<br /> Yes, I know this is a redundant question, I am just being sillie. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67745 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:16:47 +0000 rikkor 67745@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Navy's." Or, you may have been thinking of navvies. That what students in posh schools call the domestic staff. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67744 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:12:19 +0000 greg various 67744@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>DNA </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67740 Wed, 11 May 2011 13:40:39 +0000 Griffin 67740@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apostrophes are allowed in NewsBiscuit subs. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24963#post-67737 Wed, 11 May 2011 13:34:32 +0000 Basil_B 67737@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As a consequence of the Royal Navy launching the first plastic battleship a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence announced today that as another effort to reduce costs amongst the armed forces the RAF will have to resort to using paper aeroplanes in the future to bolster their squadrons.<br /> 'The Navy have prooved you can defend the country on a shoestring,so why not the RAF?' said the spokesman ' there are many advantages to be gained by using paper aeroplanes such as having no expensive construction costs,no fuel costs and you haven't even got the cost of employing a pilot to fly them'.<br /> The spokesman went onto give the combat advantages of the paper aeroplane by adding 'We reckon these planes could avoid enemy radar quite easliy as theres no way one could be thrown high enough for it to be detected and the fact that it is made out of paper will make it totally safe from any heat seeking missile attack'.</p> <p>The RAF are currently in the Lake District testing the first paper aeroplanes. Reports so far suggest that test flights have not been going to well with many issues being apparent right at the take off stage, ' to say it's been a disappointment would be putting mildly' explained test pilot and thrower flight lieutanent Charles Welland 'it took me three hours to climb to the top of Scafell Pike to launch these planes and I only managed to get one to fly about six foot before it plummeted to the bottom of the mountain'.</p> <p>The none success so far of the paper airplane does not bode well for the MOD's next plan. The launch of the new hand gun for soldier's fighting in the army has already been met with scepticism as the gun literally is the soldiers hand pointing out in the usual two finger together gun shape. As the soldier points it at the enemy soldier he will then shout 'bang' as he pretends to fire it in the hope that the enemy will pretend to die. </p>