Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > This gets frustrating. Even the British Army is now selling military > clothing -- I suspect as a recruiting tool, to make it seem "cool" to be > togged out in the latest military garb, but one cannot help seeing this as > a fund-raising tool under a parsiminous Labour government. In any event, > they -- the BRITISH Army, mind you, not the Yanks or the Canadians or even > those fellows who walk around on the heads in the Antipodes -- are selling > BASEBALL CAPS: > > http://www.army.mod.uk/army/index2.htm > > and follow the links. > > I am humiliated. Brollies, maybe, or even a discretely marked bowler. Or > underwear. Yes -- I could see them selling British Army underwear for the > likes of Ted and his ilk. But BASEBALL CAPS? Why not be authentic and > sell cricket caps? > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! By far the best bit of British army clothing are the original Bombay Blazers. Very airy on hot days, and if you at a party and want to do a bit of advertising, just sit down on to a chair without a table in front of you. Regards Horst (Nick name) Schmidt