""Gordon's alive!" - Khartoum (1885)" Topic

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ChrisBBB2	13 Jul 2022 4:47 a.m. PST
Some Sudan action for you – photo-AAR here: link
Herkybird	13 Jul 2022 9:02 a.m. PST
I can just hear Brian Blessed saying this…
ChrisBBB2	13 Jul 2022 1:58 p.m. PST
Well done for spotting the cultural reference. If the Mahdists had won easily, my headline might have had to be "Gordon is a moron" instead.
Bob Hume	13 Jul 2022 2:05 p.m. PST
Ha, funny. My boss at my old job was named Gordon. My job had a lot of traveling with a company car, so he would have to call me when he needed something. I had Brian Blessed saying "Gordons Alive" as his ring tone on my phone.
79thPA	13 Jul 2022 3:31 p.m. PST
Not worth the camels it cost to save him…

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