Something must be done.

Colonel Tupperware posted:

Apparently there's a footbridge under construction, to be built in
sections off-site by the RE and transported by the Royal Logistic
Corps. They can't feasibly put anything bigger in place yet.

 

Just wondering - do you know why the RAF are called crabs?

 

See http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Crab_Air , for various explanations.

 

Oh, I enjoyed that., Especially the explanation of how the term
'rockape' came into being.

 

A lot of people use the term "crab" but don't know why - I already know
the reason why the RAF are called crabs (my Father was aircrew and I grew
up on airbases) but I couldn't have come with a more succinct
explanation than your link:

"With the RN's usual powers of wit and sophistication the RAF were
thereafter referred to as 'crab fats' (or crabs for short) as their
blue/grey uniform was exactly the same colour as the stuff that the
filthy little ratings rubbed on their swollen and lice-ravaged goolies.
The RAF by contrast affectionately refer to the Royal Navy as Bum Boys or
Fish Heads. The Army are Pongos, Brown Jobs or Grunts."

 

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