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One of those odd things that turn up while mooching around t'interwebz - Wojtk the Polish Army Brown Bear

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  • R RichardGrimmer

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....

    C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.

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    The Colonel-inchief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is stationed in Edinburgh[^].

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    • R RichardGrimmer

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....

      C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.

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      Dalek Dave
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      Busy Much?

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        Busy Much?

        --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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        Corporal Agarn
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        It's your fault for the remembrance post. :)

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          The Colonel-inchief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is stationed in Edinburgh[^].

          ========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================

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          The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:

            Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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            Kenneth Haugland
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            Now tell me that the uniform[^] doesn't make you look like a penguin. :laugh: Oh, before you start claiming I should respect people in uniform etc, I once wore it myself...

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:

              Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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              glennPattonPub
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              Or they penguin in the army? :-D

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              • K Kenneth Haugland

                Now tell me that the uniform[^] doesn't make you look like a penguin. :laugh: Oh, before you start claiming I should respect people in uniform etc, I once wore it myself...

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                OriginalGriff
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                "Penguin" isn't the first word that spring to mind, no... :laugh:

                Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  "Penguin" isn't the first word that spring to mind, no... :laugh:

                  Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                  Kenneth Haugland
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                  :sigh:

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                  • K Kenneth Haugland

                    Now tell me that the uniform[^] doesn't make you look like a penguin. :laugh: Oh, before you start claiming I should respect people in uniform etc, I once wore it myself...

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                    Roger Wright
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                    No self-respecting penguin would wear that hat, but the dress is quite fetching.

                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                    • R Roger Wright

                      No self-respecting penguin would wear that hat, but the dress is quite fetching.

                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                      Kenneth Haugland
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                      Well, it cept you warm but thats about it. On cold days, the hat was a nightmare. And I think I must be in several hundred different photo albums around the world.:~

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