From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Questions of great importance
Date:	Fri, 3 Sep 1999 21:37:09 +0100

In article <3.0.3.32.19990903151726.0097aae8@***.softhome.net>,
IronRaven <cyberraven@********.net> writes
>At 18.00 09-03-99 +0100, you wrote:
>>were trying to spot them. They were trying to get close without being
>>seen. They won...
>
> I've heard that this can backfire. Some bushes don't react well to be
><cough> "watered".

A friend had that happen during Cambrian Patrol '90. After one phase of
the action was over, he went to relieve himself into a bush: the bush
began to shuffle away. He stepped after it (he was thirty hours into a
non-stop recce patrol exercise and not as quick on the uptake as he might
have been) and the bush said "You piss on me and I'll f!cking kill you,
mate..."

Some sneaky-beaky types were acting as close observers to grade the
teams. In wartime you'd live with it, but in peacetime there are some
indignities you don't have to live with...

--
Paul J. Adam