Here's one for JSOP...
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The Daily Star:
We just blew £183m on a five inch gun, but it”s “good value for taxpayers” The weapon - which is the length of a toothbrush - will be placed on combat ships that are still in the factory.
:doh: They've since corrected it, but the original version is still cached[^] on other sites.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer
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The Daily Star:
We just blew £183m on a five inch gun, but it”s “good value for taxpayers” The weapon - which is the length of a toothbrush - will be placed on combat ships that are still in the factory.
:doh: They've since corrected it, but the original version is still cached[^] on other sites.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
They're obviously not familiar with naval ordinance ("5-inch" refers to the size of the projectile, NOT the length of the barrel).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
They're obviously not familiar with naval ordinance ("5-inch" refers to the size of the projectile, NOT the length of the barrel).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013I know - that was the mistake I was highlighting. :laugh:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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They're obviously not familiar with naval ordinance ("5-inch" refers to the size of the projectile, NOT the length of the barrel).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
The Daily Star:
We just blew £183m on a five inch gun, but it”s “good value for taxpayers” The weapon - which is the length of a toothbrush - will be placed on combat ships that are still in the factory.
:doh: They've since corrected it, but the original version is still cached[^] on other sites.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Journalism at it's finest. I can live, just, with the typo's and grammar errors we see in today's output but blatant idiocy should be punishable.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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They're obviously not familiar with naval ordinance ("5-inch" refers to the size of the projectile, NOT the length of the barrel).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Isn't it same for all guns even civilian use, usually say the width of bore like 9mm pistol is not 9mm long? Reporter even less intelligent then.
