ploughman Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) First priority when packing your kit on excercise was to get hold of some rolls of CUMFYBUM. Sounds a bit like the current situation. Edited March 28, 2020 by ploughman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 5:28 AM, Tony B said: Funny how things change. That much maligned ass ripping bog roll, is probbaly one of your most highly valued possecions now. 😁 Available on fleebay, if you want a nostalgic moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 21 hours ago, ploughman said: First priority when packing your kit on excercise was to get hold of some rolls of CUMFYBUM. Sounds a bit like the current situation. No Motorway service station is safe when troops on excersisie stop! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Quite by chance, and topically, I came across this last week - being used as a bookmark! Clearly it's been around for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgrove Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) What, no Geordies on this thread? As Safety Officer on the very first Battle Group through BATUS, I was hitching a lift with a Platoon HQ of the Infantry (Green Howards) Company at lunchtime. Platoon Sergeant suggests 'Jam and cheese sandwiches, lads?'. Compo cheese went down well (though I seldom got jam and cheese on bread since wartime in Newcastle, mores the pity. My Southern regiment would have laughed me to scorn had I suggested it), And, to add to the Squaddies Stew post, it was a standing joke in BAOR on the 70s that Mojo Stew consisted of ALL the components of compo stewed together (including the soap). Chris Edited April 25, 2020 by chrisgrove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrym Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 23 hours ago, chrisgrove said: What, no Geordies on this thread? As Safety Officer on the very first Battle Group through BATUS, I was hitching a lift with a Platoon HQ of the Infantry (Green Howards) Company at lunchtime. Platoon Sergeant suggests 'Jam and cheese sandwiches, lads?'. Compo cheese went down well (though I seldom got jam and cheese on bread since wartime in Newcastle, mores the pity. My Southern regiment would have laughed me to scorn had I suggested it), And, to add to the Squaddies Stew post, it was a standing joke in BAOR on the 70s that Mojo Stew consisted of ALL the components of compo stewed together (including the soap). Chris I'm not a Geordie, but from Co. Durham, used to love the processed cheese and jam sarnies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Mansell Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I remember compo with pleasure. I was in Cyprus in a quarter in Pergamos in the Eastern SBA during the agro in July '74 when the NAAFI was running short of stuff. The local commander ordered ten-man ration packs to be issued at a rate of 2/3 ration to those of us who had Brit civvies evacuated from Famagusta. There nine of us in my quarter, an Army wife and two kids, and an RAF wife with one child, along with my wife and two. We were issued with 2 packs every third day. A life saver, at one time I had 60 bars of chockie in the fridge. We also took a load of compo when we were on trek in Nepal. Lovely stuff. Trevor Mansell WO11 RAMC (Retd) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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