 enfant perdus  | 27 Apr 2008 9:32 a.m. PST |
I was checking the latest RPP offerings on eBay and stumbled across this shocking photo of three members of the London Scottish. auction Oh, the horrible toll of war… |
| DeWolfe | 27 Apr 2008 9:50 a.m. PST |
Ohhhhh…My eyes!
Isn't that against the Geneva Convention? |
| willthepiper | 27 Apr 2008 9:59 a.m. PST |
Ah, the famous sporran parade. Rest assured, gentlemen, this is a tradition that is still celebrated in Highland regiments around the world. |
| mattblackgod | 27 Apr 2008 10:14 a.m. PST |
At least its not Zardoz! Why are they smiling so much? |
| Jerzei Balowski | 27 Apr 2008 10:35 a.m. PST |
Is there a cure for sporrans? |
| Neotacha | 27 Apr 2008 10:36 a.m. PST |
What are the bands around their arms? |
| mattblackgod | 27 Apr 2008 11:24 a.m. PST |
Restraints perhaps? I have heard that you can get a cream and anitbiotics for the marignal cases. However full blown sporrans must be surgically removed. |
| Pijlie | 27 Apr 2008 11:40 a.m. PST |
"Why are they smiling so much?" Sporrans are hairy. They probably tickle ;o) |
| Tommy Atkins | 27 Apr 2008 12:41 p.m. PST |
This photo does not shock me. In fact it bears out information to be found in the regimental history published in the 1920s. The Colonel of 1st/14th County of London Regiment (London Scotish) complained bitterly to the powers that be that the battalion had left England in such a rush to reinforce the BEF following the retreat from Mons and the race to the sea, that a large ammount of equipment and clothing had been left behind. Indeed Lt. Archie "Smiler" McPherson recalled the battalion's first taste of action on 31st October, 1914 as follows: "Hoots, 'twas a braw bricht moonlicht nicht made all the worse by our nakedness. As the germans advanced on our positions on the ridge they were shocked to find B company wearing naught but the regiimental sporran and a glengarry cap. They turned tail and ran." This photo is a testimony to the bravery of the Territorials that checked the advance of the beastly hun! |
| willthepiper | 27 Apr 2008 12:53 p.m. PST |
Quoth Tommy Atkins: "Hoots, 'twas a braw bricht moonlicht nicht" If the lads were wearing sporrans and naught else, then no doubt the full moon was revealed! |
| jgibbons | 27 Apr 2008 1:59 p.m. PST |
This one's armed… (1/3 of the way down the page) link |
| Khazarmac | 27 Apr 2008 3:48 p.m. PST |
"As the germans advanced on our positions on the ridge they were shocked to find B company wearing naught but the regimental sporran and a glengarry cap". Just the regimetal sporran? You mean they only had one and were sharing it? Is that what they call "hot-sporraning"? |
| Tankrider | 27 Apr 2008 7:30 p.m. PST |
They forgot the blue paint. |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 28 Apr 2008 1:49 a.m. PST |
Pretty easy to convert some nudes… |
