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Feek
30-10-2009, 17:12
On my way home from the physio I went into the butchers to buy a steak and kidney pudding from the deli they have there.

There was a man being served so I stood behind him to wait my turn and as he paid and went to leave, he turned around, sort of did a double take and stepped backwards (effectively sideways) away from me.

"Don't stand behind me like that" he said "I was in the SAS"

"That's OK. so was I" I replied automatically.

He took a further step back and seemed worried as he looked at me "really?" he said.

"We shouldn't discuss it" I said and started talking to the doris behind the counter to order my pudding.

He left with quite a stunned look on his face.

The butcher, the serving wench and I laughed about it but I seriously think he believed me. He'll probably think twice before he says it to anyone again :D

leowyatt
30-10-2009, 17:14
fantastic Feek :D

Feek
30-10-2009, 17:16
.. because of course, I look very much like ex-Special Forces, don't I?!

leowyatt
30-10-2009, 17:21
of course you do Feek, hard as nails ;)

Garp
30-10-2009, 17:22
I've met a few Navy SEALs out here, and didn't even realise it. Only eventually pieced it together about one of the guys after various off-the-cuff comments he's made. All of them have been fairly unassuming seeming guys and it seems so unlikely they'd ever say "I was in the SEALs", or "I am a SEAL" in any even remotely approaching bragging manner.

Will
30-10-2009, 17:26
:D

Goose
30-10-2009, 17:30
There are some very strange men in the world!

I've met 3 ex-SAS members, 1 was very short and northern (and has been on TV), and the other 2 signed books for me (and have both also been on TV). I guess these days ex-members aren't so subtle!

My Dad did some work at Hereford (or wherever), at the time he worked for a construction company and was project manager for a new build there. Apparently he was shown around, and 1 hanger contained ambulances and all sorts from other countries. I suppose it makes sense when you think about it!

Feek
30-10-2009, 17:33
That's the whole point, Jarp - If he really had been in the Regiment then there's no way he'd have made a comment like that, it's made even funnier by the fact that he thought he'd been caught out!

In all seriousness though, a few people have said to me recently that I'm looking well, that I carry myself well and that I seem to exude self confidence and the air of someone who's doing well. Perhaps it was that and the fact that I'd just been to the physio who was young and attractive and didn't throw up at the sight of me without my top on and gave me good advice on how to improve my posture (shoulders back, chest out, etc).

Joe 90
30-10-2009, 17:44
ROFL. fantastic.

i used to know a guy that was in the SAS :/

Knipples
30-10-2009, 17:45
Nice one Feek, hope the physio is going well by the way. :)

Pheebs
30-10-2009, 18:01
HahahahahahA! Genius!

I was in the SAS...










Saturday And Sunday club ;D ;)

Wossi
30-10-2009, 18:50
I've met a few Navy SEALs out here, and didn't even realise it. Only eventually pieced it together about one of the guys after various off-the-cuff comments he's made. All of them have been fairly unassuming seeming guys and it seems so unlikely they'd ever say "I was in the SEALs", or "I am a SEAL" in any even remotely approaching bragging manner.

To be fair, if someone came up to me and said either "I'm a SEAL" or "I was a SEAL" I'd just think they were slightly cuckoo ;D

Goose
30-10-2009, 18:52
To be fair, if someone came up to me and said either "I'm a SEAL" or "I was a SEAL" I'd just think they were slightly cuckoo ;D
I'd ask them to sing 'Kiss from a Rose'.

kaiowas
30-10-2009, 19:16
.. because of course, I look very much like ex-Special Forces, don't I?!

Working undercover obviously ;D

My Dad did some work at Hereford

What colour was the boathouse?

Feek
30-10-2009, 19:22
i used to know a guy that was in the SAS :/

*looks around shiftily*

Mondo
30-10-2009, 20:18
LOL, excellent.

You are right, real SAS members don't behave like that, they keep to themselves and do not start trouble. Living around here (Hereford) long enough, you will run into one now and again. A secretary at work used to live in an estate near the base and there are loads of houses there that the MOD owns and the SAS live in with their family (very safe area !)

Joe 90
30-10-2009, 20:57
*looks around shiftily*

lol, wonder if you know him - about 7ft tall, biceps like loaves of bread and is now a personal trainer at a highly respected golf academy in Cheshire ;D

Fayshun
30-10-2009, 21:01
I knew an ex-Royal Marine commando with a physique a little like yours Feek. He was a double-hard bastard too. (Also like Feek!)

Desmo
30-10-2009, 22:03
What colour was the boathouse?
I see what you did there ;)

Goose
30-10-2009, 22:21
What colour was the boathouse?
I'm not Sean Bean and my father works on bigger buildings then that. :p

Greenlizard0
30-10-2009, 22:40
I've sometime used the excuse cheekily if some young **** starts to act an absolute prat on a night out.

Usually works. However, being a rather scrawny brown bloke it's obvious and extremely likely I'm not haha!

Jonny69
31-10-2009, 01:07
The bit of the story I can't help but feel you've left out is you took a step back, raised your eyebrows, put up your karate choppers and then told him you were in the SAS. Ok so maybe I'm embelishing the story a bit, but I can so see you doing that and some random phoney SAS guy running for his life ;D

lostkat
31-10-2009, 09:15
Brilliant Feek :D

mejinks
01-11-2009, 23:25
Working undercover obviously ;D



What colour was the boathouse?

The correct answer to that is "there isn't a place in the world called hear ford and if there was, the boat house would be blue."

Contrary to what a lot of people believe, the SAS were not only in Hereford but a little close to home (for me anyway) The ones I met had huge bags under their eyes and looked hard as nails.

G|mp
02-11-2009, 22:14
My old man was with the REME but was attached to 22 SAS.

My 2 older Brothers grew up on the camp in Hereford and my Sister was born there.

We go every year to the memorial day celebrations and lay a wreath followed by a big meal and lots of drinking :D

The most surprising thing I've always found about the SAS, is that very few of them are English, You're more likely to talk to a South African or an Aussie.

One chap I was talking to last year was saying how he gets pulled by the coppers all the time around Hereford for haring about on his super bike :D

The clock tower they have there is one of the most emotional places I've ever been to :(

Creature
02-11-2009, 23:23
Bloody sods got me in trouble with the RAF on my second ever shift. Flew in unanounced into the centre of the base, dropped some stuff off, and flew out again.

Gits.

Von Smallhausen
03-11-2009, 15:50
Nice one Feek. :D

Bod
05-11-2009, 23:07
Hehe nice one.

I must admit I've never stumbled upon a real member of the Sausage Appreciation Society when I've been to the butchers :(

One day!

Treefrog
06-11-2009, 15:39
Loving the custom title Mr Feek ;D

I think I met one or two while on holiday in Oman but didn't like to ask. They were definitely ex British military, rather than seconded out there. Sultan Qaboos bin Said aka Sammy Sultan was educated at Sandhurst Military College and has a lot of respect for the professionalism of our forces. Which is why my Dad was working there after he left the RAF and why we were able to spend Xmas and New Year in glorious sunshine while back here everyone was wading through a foot or so of snow ('81-'82)

Joe 90
06-11-2009, 19:11
Loving the custom title Mr Feek

just noticed that - ha, Lolz ;D

Feek
06-11-2009, 19:12
Damn, it's supposed to be a secret!

Oh - I had the steak and kidney pudding a couple of nights ago, it was really good :)

Robert
08-11-2009, 20:22
.. because of course, I look very much like ex-Special Forces, don't I?!

You'd be surprised :)