If This Is War .....

[Theland]

If Boris in his best Churchillian way has declared war on the virus, pulling out all the stops, then we need the true community spirit of WW2,
emulate that fantastic generation in any way we can.
So, how about sleeping in underground railway stations, gathering around the piano and singing Knees Up Mother Brown, and forming a Dads Army and revitalise the heroines of Jam And Jerusalem.
Any other suggestions for what measures we can take, gladly appreciated.

[rowanwitch]

We don't need that amount of heroism yet... Unless you are going on a bog roll hung in which case some time sums it up nicely...

[retrocop]

F.A.N.Y. s. :-)

[Theland]

???

[TheDevil]

Under the table you must go.

[rowanwitch]

Translation please retro

[CrapAtCryptics]

Keep Calm and Carry On up the Khyber

[Peter Pedant]

bridge or scrabble sites ?

[Ken4155]

And while we're all sleeping in underground railway stations and gathering round pianos singing 'Knees Up Muvver Brown', your local lowlifes will be helping themselves to your most prized possessions. Just as they did during WW2.
Best to just self isolate and guard your property.

[Peter Pedant]

// F.A.N.Y. s. :-)//

they will say they dont know what ITMA was -
mind my bike !
it is only being so cheerful as keeps me going ( Mona Lott)

Men used to have to nurse men in the army up till 1914 and used to take it out on the sick as they should be darn the pub....tis lasted up until 1940 in Devonport
so VADs like Vera Brittan did some nursing - Yestament of Yoof is worth a review. The Cherie Grundy one is on the internet somewhere
The navy had WRENs - womens royal somehting nursing / navy
The Americans WW2 ,atched this with Wavies
furthermore
you had QARANCs - queen alexandra royal auxiliary nursing corp
and finally FANYs
f auxiliary nursing yeomanry

honestly someone asked - this not thread wrecking
you are all (full blooded) men for chrissakes
namby pamby pinko wets are having my fact and fun filled posts removed from other threads making the line of argiment gobbledeegook(*)- gone are the quotes in Aramaic, the Latin tags, the massive c.ps from the enc britannica - gone! all gone!

so how do you tell a mutliated gobbledegook thread from a nromal one ter daaah ?

[Peter Pedant]

o god whilst I am at it
is anuyome ( american surely ) saying that the corona infection is a sign of the End of Times ( pestilence etc)
this is surely too good to er miss

[retrocop]

The acronym F.A.N.Y. stands for First Aid Nursing Yeomanry of which the late Countess of Snowdon, HRH Princess Margaret ,was their patron.
An organisation of young ladies who initially carried out volunteer nursing duties and ambulance driving during war time. Later on during the 2nd World War some were recruited into the SOE and parachuted into occupied Europe.
There is a stained glass window in the church in Kensington Square, South Kensington dedicated to the FANY's as they were known by most. :-)

[retrocop]

I pray my explanation of the acronym was more lucid than the other offering. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Aid_Nursing_Yeomanry

[rowanwitch]

Thank you, I was thinking of gnawing my own leg off half way through the first load of waffle

[retrocop]

I can imagine. :-(

[Peter Pedant]

/ I can imagine. :-(/

I didnt say FANY someone else did ! - god I am carrying the coronavirus can alot today.

I just wanted to show I knew my fannies from my frankfurters
what cd be more innocent than that?

[gnaw away Rowan I am sure it will be an improvement]

[Bobbisox1]

Been busy all afternoon and have knitted 3 grey socks, does anyone know someone with a wooden leg ?

[Tuvok]

I know of a shop that has been preparing lines for queues in their shop to keep people apart.

[Ken4155]

My mate Long John Silver had a wooden leg, Bobbi. Thing is, though, he doesn't have a wooden foot on the end of it. :-)