Topic: WHO WAS THIS? 11

Mr KillKill · March 1st, 2008

You're close and it does refer to the SAS but not McNabb although certainly of his era.

Del Boy · March 1st, 2008

Brian Hanrahan?

Mr KillKill · March 2nd, 2008

No, the writer eventually ended up in the SAS himself.

Sevens · March 2nd, 2008

I have no clue. I've looked at all my favorite obscure fact sites, and I can't find it. Good job on stumping everyone, Mr. KillKill!!!

Del Boy · March 2nd, 2008

I know the quote, I remember it because it was so dramatic. I am skipping all around it, but for the life of me I just cannot recall where I read it. That is why Andy McNab (nom-de-plume) was my first choice.

Mr KillKill · March 2nd, 2008

After Bravo 2-0, a bunch SAS books came out around the mid 90's, the guys who wrote them had usually served in the first Gulf war. This quote is from one of those books.
Its not Chris Ryan either.

MontyB · March 2nd, 2008

The only guy that springs to mind is Mike Curtis but I can't specifically attribute that comment to him.

Mr KillKill · March 2nd, 2008

Yes thats him, from his book CQB. I have two favorite quotes describing the SAS, this is one of them.
Your turn next.

MontyB · March 2nd, 2008

I am going to have to open this up to someone else as I am drawing a blank on finding any quotes that would provide a challenge and I don't have much in the way of resources for another week or two.

Del Boy · March 3rd, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr KillKill

Yes thats him, from his book CQB. I have two favorite quotes describing the SAS, this is one of them.
Your turn next.

I was still working but hadn't found it yet, but it is a terrific quote, for sure.

I'll follow with something a bit easier perhaps :-

'He couldn't blow his nose without moralising on the conditions in the handkerchief industry.'

Who couldn't ?

March 1st, 2008	Post 101
Mr KillKill Optio Gear	You're close and it does refer to the SAS but not McNabb although certainly of his era. __________________ Everybody thinks they’re gonna get a chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy and those days are over, they are long gone.

March 1st, 2008	Post 102
Del Boy Tribunus Laticlavius	Brian Hanrahan? __________________ . I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing . Each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 104
Sevens Forum Brat Gear	I have no clue. I've looked at all my favorite obscure fact sites, and I can't find it. Good job on stumping everyone, Mr. KillKill!!! __________________ All I want is for one guy to prove to me that they're not all the same....... Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 107
MontyB Tribunus Laticlavius	The only guy that springs to mind is Mike Curtis but I can't specifically attribute that comment to him. __________________ If horses would have hands and could paint with their hands and create works of art like the humans, then horses would form and paint the gods with the shape of horses and they would build sculptures according to their own bodies. - Xenophanes

March 2nd, 2008	Post 103
Mr KillKill Optio Gear	No, the writer eventually ended up in the SAS himself.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 105
Del Boy Tribunus Laticlavius	I know the quote, I remember it because it was so dramatic. I am skipping all around it, but for the life of me I just cannot recall where I read it. That is why Andy McNab (nom-de-plume) was my first choice.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 106
Mr KillKill Optio Gear	After Bravo 2-0, a bunch SAS books came out around the mid 90's, the guys who wrote them had usually served in the first Gulf war. This quote is from one of those books. Its not Chris Ryan either.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 108
Mr KillKill Optio Gear	Yes thats him, from his book CQB. I have two favorite quotes describing the SAS, this is one of them. Your turn next.

March 2nd, 2008	Post 109
MontyB Tribunus Laticlavius	I am going to have to open this up to someone else as I am drawing a blank on finding any quotes that would provide a challenge and I don't have much in the way of resources for another week or two.