Sat 01 Feb - Getting Drafted
Posted: 01 Feb 2003, 14:19
Under the Emergency Powers Act (1939) as amended by the Defence Act
> (1978),
> you are hereby notified that you are required to place yourself on standby
> for possible compulsory military service in the American Conflict. You may
> shortly be ordered to depart for the Middle East where you will join
> either
> the 3rd Battalion , The Queen's Own Suicidal Conscripts or the 2nd Foot
> and
> Mouth. The regulars are too busy driving Green Goddesses to be there
> themselves.
> Due to the recent rundown of the Navy and the refusal of P&O to lend us
> any
> of their liners, because of the deplorable state in which they were
> returned
> after the Falklands adventure, it will be necessary for you to make your
> own
> way to the combat zone.
> H.M. Government have been able to negotiate a 20% discount on one way
> trips
> with Virgin Airlines and you are strongly urged to take advantage of this
> offer (RyanAir also do a nice little £9.99 trip).
> Because of cutbacks in Government expenditure in recent years it will be
> necessary for you to provide yourself with the following equipment as soon
> as possible:
>
> * Combat Jacket
> * Trousers(preferably khaki - but please no denim)
> * Tin helmet
> * Boots (or a pair of sturdy trainers)
> * Gas mask
> * Map of the combat zone (the Ordinance Survey 1:2800 Outdoor Leisure
Map of Iraq will do)
> * Rifle
> * Ammunition (preferably to suit previous item)
> * Suntan oil
>
> If you are in a position to afford it, we would like you to buy a
> tank (Vickers Defence of Banbury are currently offering all new conscripts
> a
> 0% finance deal on all X registration Chieftains, but hurry, as offer is
> only available whilst stocks last).
> We would like to reassure you that in the unlikely event of anything
> going wrong, you will receive a free burial in the graveyard of your
> choice, and your next of kin will be entitled to the new War Widows
> pension
> of £1.75 per calendar month, index-linked but subject to means testing,
> and
> fully repayable should our side eventually lose.
> There may be little time for formal military training before your
> departure and so we advise that you hire videos of the following films
> and
> try and pick up a few tips as you watch:
>
> * The Guns of Navarone
> * Kelly's Heroes
> * A Bridge too Far
> * The Longest Day
> * Apocalypse Now
> * The Matrix
> * Blazing Saddles
> * The Desert Song
> * Mary Poppins
>
> We do not recommend that you watch Khartoum.
> To mentally prepare yourself for your m*****n try reading the works of
> Wilfred Owen or Rupert Brookes. This should give you some idea of what may
> be involved.
>
Yours faithfully,
G Hoon, Ministry of Defence.
> A Bush - Blair Production
> Sponsored by Mars, The Official snack of World War III
> (1978),
> you are hereby notified that you are required to place yourself on standby
> for possible compulsory military service in the American Conflict. You may
> shortly be ordered to depart for the Middle East where you will join
> either
> the 3rd Battalion , The Queen's Own Suicidal Conscripts or the 2nd Foot
> and
> Mouth. The regulars are too busy driving Green Goddesses to be there
> themselves.
> Due to the recent rundown of the Navy and the refusal of P&O to lend us
> any
> of their liners, because of the deplorable state in which they were
> returned
> after the Falklands adventure, it will be necessary for you to make your
> own
> way to the combat zone.
> H.M. Government have been able to negotiate a 20% discount on one way
> trips
> with Virgin Airlines and you are strongly urged to take advantage of this
> offer (RyanAir also do a nice little £9.99 trip).
> Because of cutbacks in Government expenditure in recent years it will be
> necessary for you to provide yourself with the following equipment as soon
> as possible:
>
> * Combat Jacket
> * Trousers(preferably khaki - but please no denim)
> * Tin helmet
> * Boots (or a pair of sturdy trainers)
> * Gas mask
> * Map of the combat zone (the Ordinance Survey 1:2800 Outdoor Leisure
Map of Iraq will do)
> * Rifle
> * Ammunition (preferably to suit previous item)
> * Suntan oil
>
> If you are in a position to afford it, we would like you to buy a
> tank (Vickers Defence of Banbury are currently offering all new conscripts
> a
> 0% finance deal on all X registration Chieftains, but hurry, as offer is
> only available whilst stocks last).
> We would like to reassure you that in the unlikely event of anything
> going wrong, you will receive a free burial in the graveyard of your
> choice, and your next of kin will be entitled to the new War Widows
> pension
> of £1.75 per calendar month, index-linked but subject to means testing,
> and
> fully repayable should our side eventually lose.
> There may be little time for formal military training before your
> departure and so we advise that you hire videos of the following films
> and
> try and pick up a few tips as you watch:
>
> * The Guns of Navarone
> * Kelly's Heroes
> * A Bridge too Far
> * The Longest Day
> * Apocalypse Now
> * The Matrix
> * Blazing Saddles
> * The Desert Song
> * Mary Poppins
>
> We do not recommend that you watch Khartoum.
> To mentally prepare yourself for your m*****n try reading the works of
> Wilfred Owen or Rupert Brookes. This should give you some idea of what may
> be involved.
>
Yours faithfully,
G Hoon, Ministry of Defence.
> A Bush - Blair Production
> Sponsored by Mars, The Official snack of World War III