Officers, even RAF ‘Officers’ playing tennis is uncouth. horribly, desperately middle-class… they probably even have names like ‘Kevin’ or ‘Darren’ and didn’t go to School. :evil:
Officers, even RAF ‘Officers’ playing tennis is uncouth. horribly, desperately middle-class… they probably even have names like ‘Kevin’ or ‘Darren’ and didn’t go to School. :evil:[/quote]
Terribly mistaken old chum. Almost every mess has an OM tennis courts. Why, I even remember throwing up on the one behind Col… Oh wait!
And the Enlisted Swine appear to be allowed to use them too!
Now you’ll have someone to hold your bat while you try not to spill your Pimms, so all’s good is it not? 
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I want a SNCO as a manservant.
What about a womanservant equality and all that
:evil:
oh no, a gentlemans’ gentleman needs to have exquisite manners, a thorough understanding of the society season, deBretts, the London Gazette, and perhaps a ‘degree’ from the other university - the SNCO’s are beasts, hideous, sweating, grunting beasts. a gentleman couldn’t take them to any of the seasons functions - they’d sweat over his clothes and break wind in the halls of the mighty.
awful, dreadful people - fine for all that tedious foot stamping, but imagine sharing a carriage with one!
Oh god no
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I would of thought Officers were more Servant types… but saying that I would never trust an Officer to do a job that needs doing 
Off Facebook… But;
Aaaaaaand…back on topic.
[quote=“The Russian Newspaper, Odessa News, August 1959”]
The English officer is least of all an officer. He is a rich landowner, houseowner, capitalist or merchant, and only an officer incidentally. He knows nothing about the Services and is only seen on parades and reviews. From the professional point of view he is the most ignorant officer in Europe. He enters the Services not to serve but for the uniform, which is magnificent.
The officer considers himself irresistible to the fair-haired, blue-eyed English ladies. The English officer is a beautiful aristocrat, extremely rich, an independent blasé character and loves pornographic literature, suggestive pictures, recherché food and strong drink. His chief amusements are gambling, racing and sports. He goes to bed at dawn and gets up at midday. He is usually occupied with two mistresses simultaneously, one a lady of high society and the other a girl from the opera or ballet. His income runs into several thousands, often tens of thousands a year, of which he keeps no account, being incapable of keeping accounts. The pay he receives from the Government hardly suffices to keep him in scent and gloves.
English officers, especially the young ones, do no work of any kind. They spend their days and nights in clubs noted for their opulence.[/quote]
Sounds ok to me!
Sounds like my biography!
Those kooky commies know how to paint a pretty picture…
It’s not just the Commies who have a view of the ‘eccentricities’ of the Officer Corps, I like this description too:
[quote=Lt Gen Hubert Worthington, Commander-in-Chief, 5th Royal Indian Mountain Division]
An Officer should be comely, spratly and above all else, confident in his own dress and bearing. He should, where possible, eat a small piece of meat each morning with molasses and beans. He should air himself gracefully when under fire and never place himself in a position of difficulty when being shot at.
He should eat his meals comfortably and ahead of his soldiers, for it is he whom is more important tactically on the battlefield and therefore he who should be well nourished. His hair should be well groomed and if possible he should wear a moustache or similar facial adornment. When speaking to his soldiers he should appear unnerved and aloof, and give direction without in any way involving himself personally in the execution of arduous or un-Officer like duties. He should smoke thin panatelas except when in the company of ladies where he should take only a small gin mixed with lemon tea.
He should be an ardent and erudite gentleman and woo the ladies both in the formal environment and in the bedroom where he should excel himself beyond the ordinary soldier with his virulent lovemaking prowess. These I say to you are the qualities of an Officer that set him apart from the lay person and the common soldier.[/quote]
Is this a fair description of you as well Perry?
Its uncanny!
Last warning…
Funny, I thought the word Sergeant meant Servant in old French?..
Ergo, Male Sergeant = Manservant.
Simples. [insert suitable high-pitched squeak here]
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Or there’s this version…
