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You can’t make an omelette without taking mugs

We ask again: how many of you used to drive tanks?
‘When I was a tank driver we had a gunner who could knock up an omelette on the move with only a boiling vessel to work with,’ says Nigel Smith, at Carland.
‘The guy was amazing, and in great demand by the other crews; it’s lucky there wasn’t a transfer market. He used to serve omelettes in mugs so that we could eat on the go.’
And Nigel asks the question that the MoD would prefer to remain a secret: ‘Did anyone else use baby beakers for drinking on the move?’
If the enemy had ever found out…

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