We asked you to come up with something appropriately witty for this image from our article on Operation Mincemeat in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Military History Matters. Here are the winners:
WINNER:
‘It’s going to be piloted by small sheep… it’s a ewe-boat’ – Valérie
RUNNERS-UP:
‘And you say you got it free in a packet of Kellogg’s Cornflakes?’ – Rob Falconer
‘Now all we need is a bath tub!’ – Terry LLoyd
‘Not only does it slide under the radar Sir but it also slides under a door.’ – Roger Pennyballs
‘I’m sorry chaps, this is just very sub-standard!’ – Geoff Ambers
And you say you got it free in a packet of Kellogg’s Cornflakes?
But are you sure you can train mice to pilot a submarine?
When we authorised construction, I don’t think any of us realised the blueprints were on a 1:1 scale …
It’s going to be piloted by small sheep …. it’s a ewe-boat
Brutal- well done!
Now all we need is a bath tub!
Mr B.Peter. Here’s one I made earlier.
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On the beam, a submarine, on the quarter, another – a rat pack. Perhaps I could think of a better name?
Mincemeat? Yes baked by my good self.
You’re going to need a bigger boat, to get the project afloat.
They forgot to use shrink proof material.
Put it down! You don’t know where it has been!
Hands in pockets — a poor example to the lower ranks!
So, size really does matter then.
I think the government has gone too far in the cuts to the navy budget.
When you said we needed a five-man submarine, I didn’t realise you meant you wanted them on the inside …
“This is the maiden voyage of our sub, this exact model sank in my bathtub and wouldn’t come to the surface by itself?”
Not only does it slide under the radar Sir but it also slides under a door.
Drinks all round, Seraph’s given birth.
It functions perfectly, but we’re struggling to find a small enough crew.
“When I said doenitz was playing with his toys, I was just making a joke”.
“Our Navy is really taking this cigar thing seriously!”
I’m sorry chaps, this is just very sub-standard!
That one guy who never seems to get the dress code memo…
The first signs on how Navy budget cuts would directly affect the men.
But are you sure I need a suppository, Doctor?
Well chaps it worked in the film ‘Fantastic Voyage’.
Where do you put the baking soda?
Ok, one last time. This is small but the ones out there are far away. Small, far away.
Do you reckon that we could get this fixed at The Repair Shop chaps?
Darned thing sank when I tossed it into the swimming pool!
And here’s one we made earlier – but I don’t think we got the scale right
Well Lt. Norris, dare I recommend that you stick it … at the bottom of your fish tank
Well, Stevenson, what do you propose I do with this now that Operation Mincemeat has been carried out? Perhaps Lt. Norris you could stick it . . . . . at the bottom of your fish tank
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