08-05-2021, 06:58 AM
When I was attached to a T.A. unit in Hammersmith in 1957, one of the part-time Territorial officers, a city type with loads of money, brought his very fine 3.5 litre Derby Bentley in to the motor pool in order that one of the mechancis - one Bill Farnden - could service it for him as it wasn't running too well. When he asked Bill how he was getting on with it he replied 'Sorry sir, I am afraid the engine's missing.'
'MISSING? What do you mean missing, who's taken it?'
True story.
'MISSING? What do you mean missing, who's taken it?'
True story.
True satisfaction is the delayed fulfilment of ancient wish