That's funny; there's not that many penguins in the officer corps

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An Edinburgh resident has been promoted to one of the most senior ranks in the Norwegian Army after a special ceremony at his home. But Colonel in Chief of the Royal Norwegian Guard, Nils Olav, is no ordinary soldier....

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― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 19 August 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

i saw this on the news last night. they interviewed the old soldier chappy (nils olav) and the interviewer said something along the lines of 'are you aware that some animal cruelty groups might not look favourably on sending an animal to the front line' and he responded with something along the lines of 'quite right old chap'. it cracked me up. cute penguin but not sure about why an army really needs a mascot?

― gem (trisk), Friday, 19 August 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

you never know; flightless waterfowl can do wonders for troop morale

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 19 August 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

emus would have been the better choice

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Friday, 19 August 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

well, there IS a recruiting problem nowadays, so we must all make do with what we can get.

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 19 August 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

I'm sorry, but that is the best thing ever.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Friday, 19 August 2005 07:19 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

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Nils Olav receives a Norwegian knighthood!

― j.lu, Friday, 15 August 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

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