Over-heard in a Pub Recently.....

[Mr T.]

[A true story and sheer bloody quality to boot]:

Two chaps, both ex-matelots, sitting in a pub having a quiet midday pint. The pub TV's showing the recent return to port of the Royal Navy's helicopter/troop ship, HMS Ocean:

Matelot One: "Eh Bill, have you seen her, she's a magnificent ship right enough".

Matelot Two: Aye, right enough Jim, she's a beauty; only wish we had more like her".

Matelot One: "Hang on, Bill, have you seen her escort??! That's outrageous!!"

Matelot Two: "Oh my God, Jim, I see what you mean mate! She's only got ONE bloody Destroyer on escort duty!! That's IS bloody outrageous!! At this rate, Britannia will be hard pressed to rule the Thames, let alone the bloody waves!!"