Gunners lend dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl:
In the words of an old Gunner chanty-
If I were a marryin' maid, and thank the Lord I'm not, Sir!
The only man that I would wed would be the Number One, Sir!
And he'd shout, "Fire!" and I'd shout, "Fire!; we'd both shout, "Fire!" together... it'd be all right in the middle of the night shoutin', "Fire!" together!
The rest of the detachment get their share:
Number Two- he' pull the cord and I'd pull the cord...
Number Three- he'd lay it on and I'd lay it on...
Number Four- he'd ram it home and I'd ram it home...
Number Five- he'd plant pole and I'd plant pole... (the aiming posts!
)
Number Six- he'd pull the wire and I'd pull the wire... (the tannoy; geez, get your minds out of the gutter!
)
Number Seven- he'd trim the fuse and I'd trim the fuse...
The GPO- he'd get us lost and I'd get us lost...
The F-O-O- he'd lay barrage and I'd lay barrage...
The old BC- he'd buy the beer and I'd buy the beer...
Anyway. I figured out the problem- due to the firewall on our system I have to cut and paste the URLs- the active part just don't work!
Mike
