Our local tale spinner ( or liar in impolite circles :) ) is a guy called Sparky , and he is totally and utterly infamous for it , although people who know him let him get on with it as its very entertaining .
He was sat in the corner of our local pub the other week , regaling his many , many army stories to all that wanted to listen and those that didn’t , and tonight’s particular story was when he was “in the” elite British army regiment - The Special Air Service ( SAS ) :)
Sparky being the master tale spinner kept stopping the story with the immortal words-
“ I shouldn’t be saying this “ ….. “ the lads wouldn’t like me telling you this “
………..“ ….the official secrets act “ ………………etc …….etc …….etc
Now in one of these pregnant pauses, a guy at the bar chips in to the conversation
with –
“ what regiment were you in ???” ……and of course this elicited the -
“ooooooh can’t tell you” ……………response from Sparky.
The guy just nod and says -
“ok - what was your army number ??? “
So Sparky was a little suspicious by now , and rattled off a number to the guy , who pondered awhile and then said –
“…………….well that would make you a very young looking - 82yrs old ” :)
So Sparky just blusters something about making a mistake , and makes a very , very sharp exit out of the door :)
Now your probably thinking – set up - here , but It turns out this guy had just walked in off the street and was a military historian , who had genuinely been in The SAS , and Sparky’s “number” as it turned out was genuine, but belonged to the Second World War …………….wooops :)
Sparky was last seen shooting off at 500mph on his camouflage painted Honda , his M65 combat jacket blowing in the breeze , maybe he had got the call from “the regiment” - that hostages needed saving somewhere in the world …………or not :)
