Monty Python............. or Nostradamus?
Mr Man: I was just wondering whether it would be possible for me to join... the women's army?
RSM: The Women's Royal Army Corps, sir?
Mr Man: Yes. I was just thinking, you know, if it was possible for me to have my choice ... I'd prefer to be in the Women's Royal Amy Corps.
RSM: Well, I'm afraid that the people that recruit here normally go straight into the Scots Guards.
Mr Man: Which is all... men... I suppose?
RSM: Yes it is.
Mr Man: Yes. Are there any regiments which are more effeminate than others?
RSM: Well, no sir. I mean, apart from the Marines, they're all dead butch.
Mr Man: You see, what I really wanted was a regiment where I could be really quiet and have more time to myself to work with fabrics, and creating new concepts in interior design.
RSM: Working with fabrics and experimenting with interior design!
Mr Man: Yes.
RSM: Oh well you want the Durham Light Infantry then, sir.
Mr Man: Oh.
RSM: Oh yes. That's the only regiment that's really doing something new with interior design, with colour, texture, line and that.
Mr Man: I see.
RSM: Oh yes, I mean their use of colour with fabrics is fantastic. I saw their pattern book the other day - beautiful, beautiful. Savage tans, great slabs of black set against aggressive orange. It really makes you want to shout out, this is good! This is real!
Mr Man: Really?
RSM: Oh yes. I mean the Inniskillin Fusiliers and the Anglian Regiment are all right if you're interested in the art nouveau William Morris revival bit, but if you really want a regiment of the line that is really saying something about interior decor, then you've got to go for the Durham Light Infantry.
I remember when I first saw that Python episode on TV sometime way back in the 1970's....it was hilariously funny back then because the entire premise was so utterly ludicrous.
Now, it doesn't seem so farfetched at all.
"sigh"
Thanks very much for posting it, though :-)