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Lukewarm
Sprite and Cherry Cola...........
Don´t
drink out of the bottle..............
Sweet
tea and banjos from the Tea-Wallah..........
You
can trust him...............................
Or
he`ll lose his licence.....................
Shite-Hawks
over the cookhouse.......
Only
place with Air-conditioning.......
Arab
tailor is at the main gate.............
First
parade of the day.........................
Smart
enough to kill the Enemy?...
Putees
too warm, but straight........
The
starch smarts your sweating back.....
KD`s
are wet again......
Relieving
breeze on causeway................
The
stinking saline flats......................
Up
to the axles again......................
Call
the recovery...............
Let`s
do a crash block....
We`ll
steal some melonen.....
Sand
in your tea and sand in your arse........
Some
also in the radio.................
Comms
a daily nightmare............
This
brown rock is everywhere...
And
the Yellow-Card is a farce...............
I05
"packs" wake you up in the night.................
Like
thunder and lightning.....
3
RHA battery next to your tent...
Task
number so and so...
Don´t
forget your salt tablets...
One
white and one blue....
No
fire control.....
Ankle
deep in empty cases.....
Don't
burn your skin...
Is
the tracer coming or going ?
Ammo
sitrep "Low"as usual...
Blowing
graves with beehive charges....
SB
and 45 inspect the dead....
Giant
flies in the air....
I
hope Allah will forgive me....
Or
maybe the next 36 is mine....
Oil
the rounds in the mag again....
Just
to make sure......
The
Beverley is coming.....
No,
no post for us.....
Lots
of dust, full throttle...
The
blueman scrapes over the ridge...
We
can`t eat a ton of 81mm....
It
will be gone after stand to anyway...
Medic
patrol, recon patrol, resup patrol...
Keep
volunteering, but stay on your feet.....
Watch
the screaming ab dabs...
Step
up the hygiene and stay in the shade.....
Good
old Bren-gun in the sangar.....
Like
a sturdy friend...
I
won`t forget him, ever.....
What
? A whole magazine at one donkey ?...
The
baboons will come tomorrow again.....
You
want to buy a Rolex John ?....
Go
to Steamer point......
don`t
pester the girls in the Mermaid club...
Patroling
the Quarters like a silent voyeur...
Save
my life, but don't wake me up doing it....
Which
alley ?......
Which
rooftop?.......
Which
rock ?.......
Rocket
Roundabout...
Grenade
Corner.......
BFBS.........
Hello
0, this is 12, Contact ! Wait out ....
Keep
out of Sheikh Othman today!
Pilgrims
are prowling...
Òw
long we gotta do John ?...
Goin
òme soon....
Still
in one piece ?
They`ll
think we `avent done `anyfing !
Oh
Yes,.....I remember Aden !
copyright
Leslie
Deacon - Bavaria - 30th August 2005
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