Today is the day

[Hetairoi]

…. when all true Brits will do this:
1) Stand in the middle of the room, or preferably the pub
2) extend arms horizontally to the side
3) rock gently side to side from the waist, dipping each arm in turn
4) while doing this, sing in a drunken voice "daaah daah dah dah da-dee dah dah…."
5) finish with a chorus of Land of Hope and Glory whilst raising two fingers to Tyranny.

If you don't know what I am talking about it happened 70 years ago today!

 

[Withnail]

When i were but a bairn at primary school, one of the books in the spinny roundy book holding thing was a 'novelisation' of the Dam Buster raids.

There were at least five of us who would take it in turns to choose it as our book du jour, as it were, and read it to the point where they return from the mission, at which point are to be found (though not, it would appear, online) the immortal words -

"Look what some bastard has done to Popsy." (the plane has a hole in the wing from ack-ack)

- then wait to be asked to read for the teacher...

Oh what fun we had etc.

(secondary fun could be had at the death of the dog - but we don't talk about that)

 

[Roland]

I believe they are going to change Guy Gibsons dogs name in the re-make of the film!

 

[Gramaisc]

I believe they are going to change Guy Gibsons dogs name in the re-make of the film!

I believe that the tombstone will remain unchanged.