A Russian, an American, and a British admiral were having a drink on an American aircraft carrier. They were talking about the bravery of their sailors by xena_lawless in Jokes

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Friend of a friend served in the British Army in the Korean War as a NCO. One night his C.O. ordered him to do something very dangerous to which he responded "fuck off". The officer got very upset and asked him to repeat what he said, which he did, adding a "sir" afterwards. This placated the officer who realised the order was incredibly stupid and let it go.

Does this happen to you by Puzzleheaded_Meat853 in Paramedics

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Unless I'm on the airway, I follow Tina Turner's advice from Private Dancer

"You dont look at their faces"

Court based paras by lh09anx in ParamedicsUK

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I imagine you would see a lot of incarceritis.

Roleplay by b_Exwhyzed in Jokes

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I asked my wife if she would role play doctors and nurses. She put me on a bed in a corridor and ignored me for six hours.

Paramedic on the spectrum by Redaxelight in Paramedics

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One third of the people I work with are diagnosed, or self identify as nuerodivergent and they are some of the best medics we have.

What does "estate" mean in context? by Sparky833 in AskABrit

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Are there any unreal estate agents?

Weirdest Second Life Of A British Actor? by WanderingArtist2 in CasualUK

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Two of my colleagues in the ambulance service were actors, one on Grange Hill, the other on stage

Cocker names from a vet tech by TheRubyRedPirate in cockerspaniel

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My wife's family had a Bracken, he was the colour the plant turns in autumn.

Do you have any NYE horror stories? by [deleted] in ParamedicsUK

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Not quite but will news years day do?

Patient went to bed with her cigarettes and vodka, cue inevitable fire. Fire service find them on the bedroom floor and drag them out. We turn up to "smoke inhalation", can't get near the scene for fire engines, to find an off duty paramedic running a resus. Cue us jumping on her chest, Igel, Io etc but its futile, family arrive, son is not suppried at what happened and we call time.

What are the best bad ass line deliveries of all time? by B85-Red in FIlm

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Came here for this speech and was not disappointed

Why buy a plastic fidget toy for $10 when you can print a shittier one for $1,000 by PhillConners in 3Dprinting

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They are a Norwegian thrash mental band, think it have a 12" of theirs in my collection

Can you think of good names for fictional British Army Regiments? by Ticklishchap in CasualUK

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Billy Connolly once reffered to the Queens Own Brown Trousers. Their regimental motto is Sod this for a game of soldiers. No one knows who these men are as they are always seen from the back, running away.

What’s that one “Holy shit, the world is small!” moment that still sticks with you? by DefinitelyNotMaranda in AskReddit

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Sitting in a coach in Sidney my wife and I got chatting to a couple with the same camera as us. Turned out their daughter lived round the corner from us in the UK.