Falklands/Malvinas war pictorial. Post yours ¡¡¡.

[Panzerknacker]

Two questions here.

A) Is the HMS Sir Tristam the ship in the foreground ?

B) Why the hell this people is smiling/laughing?

[Man of Stoat]

Brits can, and will, laugh at anything. This is largely why we don't generally hold long-term grudges.

It is also considered polite to smile when your photograph is being taken!

[mike M.]

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[Gen. Sandworm]

Originally Posted by mike M.

That looks like VICTORY...and a good reason to smile

Dont know if victory and smiling would be the first thing on my mind after having the crap bombed out of me. Plus if this is the HMS Sir Tristram then you have 50 dead coworkers. At least according to this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2500607.stm

[BDL]

Originally Posted by Gen. Sandworm

Dont know if victory and smiling would be the first thing on my mind after having the crap bombed out of me. Plus if this is the HMS Sir Tristram then you have 50 dead coworkers. At least according to this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2500607.stm

In situations like that, you can laugh or you can break down and cry. Whatever it takes to stop yourself going mad.

[Panzerknacker]

That looks like VICTORY...and a good reason to smile

Hu ?, the ship is not argentine if you mean that.

In situations like that, you can laugh or you can break down and cry. Whatever it takes to stop yourself going mad

That sounds like a more possible explanation.

[mike M.]

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[1000ydstare]

The ship in the back is RFA Sir Tristam.

The lads smiling are just enjoying a moment of mirth on board the ship, probably a funny (possibly quite sick, by most of the posters opinions) quip or joke.

Yes, there is a ship in background, where 50 lads have died, but in a war where the casualties came in daily, you either laugh or take yourself somewhere quiet and put a bullet in your head.

British humour is not understood by many, and British forces humour is understood by fewer and is generally very dark.

The men in the picture know, that you can't dwell on the deaths of even close comrades in situations like this. Their ghosts will come knocking soon enough.

[Panzerknacker]

A place strictly for the images of the war, air, sea, land, homefront and everything related.

Please post your picture and dont feel guilty about it.

[Rising Sun*]

I'd like to post a picture of all the men who survived the war and who were honoured by their nations.

But it's not possible as Britain carefully hid the distastefully wounded in all public ceremonies.

Just the same as all countries promise their men a land fit for heroes while the guns are firing, and forget them; their families; and their sacrifices the moment the guns stop firing.

[Panzerknacker]

Well, since nobody want to start i ll give a try:

Mayo square 14.00 Am 2th april 1982.

[1000ydstare]

Originally Posted by Panzerknacker

Two questions here.

A) Is the HMS Sir Tristam the ship in the foreground ?

B) Why the hell this people is smiling/laughing?

A) Yes.

B) Unfortunatly there is only one way to understand. YOU yourself have to go through some of worst moments in your life, when your freinds may not come out the other side, and you just let your self go.

As I said above, the ghosts and memories will come back, but for now, it is just pure joy and relief.

Or in this case, they are just blinkering themselves to the horrors of what has happened.

[Rising Sun*]

Why did the "Falklands/Malvinas Pictorial. Post yours iii" thread get inserted at posts 9, 10, and 11 into this thread and this thread, which used to be "Britsh Humour" get retitled "Falklands/Malvinas Pictorial. Post yours iii"?

It's confusing.

[Panzerknacker]

I merged the two topics.

Or in this case, they are just blinkering themselves to the horrors of what has happened.

A strange way, thanks for your answer.


Another view of the Tristam.




( edited to rezise image)

[Panzerknacker]

Back to the UK.