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Originally Posted by 42RM The RAF have been named "crabs" due to the fact that they have no limit to the number of sideways paces they can do as a drill movement. While army and navy have a fixed limit of sideways paces the RAF can actually march the entire width of a parade ground sideways. |
That's a new'un on me. Mind you, I never did many parades
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Originally Posted by 42RM Another more plausible explanation as to why the RN refer to the RAF as 'crabs' goes back to the days of rum, sodomy and the lash (about last week in fact). |
I wonder how many matelots looked for the golden rivet?
I always knew the RN was strange, when I saw life belts on a land based air station. Don't matelots know the difference between the sea and grass?