Amusing obituary

[lethargic_man]

Amusing obituary.

In 1963 [Lt Col John Pine-Coffin (yes, really)] was ordered to investigate a party of Cuban exiles that had infiltrated Andros Island, part of the Bahamas. His seaplane landed in thick mud and Pine-Coffin decided that his only chance of reaching dry land was to strip off.

On coming ashore, plastered in mud and wearing only a red beret and a pair of flippers, he was confronted by a party of armed Cubans. Mustering as much authority as he could in the circumstances, he informed the group that they were trespassing on British sovereign territory and were surrounded.

The following morning, when the Royal Marines arrived to rescue him they were astonished to find him and his radio operator in a clearing standing guard over the Cubans and a pile of surrendered weapons. He was appointed OBE.

And that's only a highlight of it. :o)

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Glad to see the Telegraph still has the best obits.

[bfrb.livejournal.com]

With a name like that, being hard as nails is just about your only option in getting through life.

[lethargic-man.livejournal.com]

It's a real name, too; when I was computerising the records for my father's dental practice sixteen years ago, I came across patients with that name (along with some other scarce-believable names such as Olive Green).