What Do You Think?

[thesshhh]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5823233/Coldstream-Guards-soldier-make-history-regiment-turban.html

[anotheoldgit]

anneasquith

Well that's okay then, perhaps next year, dress will be optional and Harry will be allowed to wear his chosen fancy dress costume.

[Mamyalynne]

It spoilt the whole spectacle for you did it AOG?

It went well, as it almost always does.

[anotheoldgit]

Thin edge of the wedge Mamyalynne, thin edge of the wedge.

[vulcan42]

anneasquith, you are entitled to see it as a fuss about nothing. I see it as yet another intrusion by religion which is totally unnecessary.

[anneasquith]

Thin end of the wedge . Maybe have two turban wearers next year .lol.

[Mamyalynne]

Days like this I wish my Dad was still here, enjoy the rest of the day.

[Togo]

Can't wait to see a Jewish guard wearing a kippah, or a Muslim wearing a taqiyah. Perhaps some will even qualify for a fez...……. just like that.

[anneasquith]

Tommy Cooper ?

[douglas9401]

The fez is the sole preserve of der Tommies.

[naomi24]

Haaa! Twit! :o)

[anotheoldgit]

Well it seems that the Nazis were quite happy with it.

https://i1.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IndianTroops.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sure any serving Sikhs in today's Armed forces would be thrilled to try to make sense of your last post AOG.

I take it you either didn't serve with any or if you did, you didn't like them much.

[dannyk13]

AOG, Try going back to 1780.

[Zacs-Master]

I wish he would.

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

/// I take it you either didn't serve with any or if you did, you didn't like them much. ///

You are as bad as Diana Abbott, you add 2 and 2 together and come up with 6.

[Mamyalynne]

I'd need a lot more practice to dig as low as you do AOG, thankfully I'm not that way inclined.

[rowanwitch]

Perhaps it would be better to ditch ceremonial uniform altogether or redesign a more inclusive one. And no I don't mean Pride stripes . Something that while still smart and showy enough for tourists is practical enough for them to be soldiers rather than ,something from a martial fantasy land

[dannyk13]

/// I take it you either didn't serve with any or if you did, you didn't like them much. ///
If it walks like a duck etc-----

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

If I have dug low (which I haven't on this thread) but in the past if I have needed to do so, I have done so, so as to reach the depths of some of you on here.

[Mamyalynne]

Ah, an excuse is it?

ps

Drop the Diane Abbott crack in the box with all the others - Mother Teresa,Mother Superior etc , they're filed next to 'Halo polishing' jibes.