It's a shame my housemate isn't a member...
...well actually he is a bit of a member but we'll leave that out...

In the wake of breaking up with his girlfriend he claimed to be joining the navy... Accepted by "Men with cigars" as Trainee Officer (despite having nothing above A-Level) he had the T-Shirt with his name, "Trainee Officer" and submarine insignia on it, along with a Zippo lighter etched with the insignia as proof of his accomplishment.

Several 100-odd mile visits down to the naval base and he was coming close to being due to be off to start his new career. It was a shame then that he should suffer his first-ever head-splitting migraine, only to be told he could not go on a submarine unless he made it 6 months clear without another!

6 months later, lo and behold his 2nd ever huge migraine and he's struck off the list. What bad luck!

Best part, finding out later that he'd turned up at a mate's house in full navy get-up, apparently very obviously fake, and that prompted someone to check up on him via a navy friend at the base who says his name was never on any list anywhere there, certainly not as a trainee officer!

Worst part, it's not the first time. He claimed he was part in the local RAF at uni but couldn't fly due to low blood pressure, which we had no reason to disbelieve until this.

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( NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 12:23, Reply)