India Goes Barmy
My next door neighbour was once a retired British Army Colonel. After visiting India and seeing the rehearsal for the Republic Day ceremony in New Delhi, I said it was the best military ceremony, I’d seen and that included quite a bit of the Guards in London.
He said it was debatable, whether the Indians copied us in this field or we copied them. It doesn’t really matter, as a good spectacle is always a good spectacle.
So now after a disappointing summer for their cricketers, Charaan Shetty has launched the Indian Cricket Dundee, which is talked about in the Times today as an Indian version of the England’s Barmy Army.
The Anonymous Widower 
Surely, once a retired British Army Colonel, always a retired British Army Colonel; unless of course he was cashiered during his retirement!
Comment by John Wright | August 18, 2011 |
I’ve had several neighbours and he was the only one with a military background.
Comment by AnonW | August 18, 2011 |
Just teasing.
Comment by John Wright | August 19, 2011 |