In sci.military.naval Brian Sharrock twisted the electrons to say:
"Alistair Gunn" wrote in message
Well to be honest there's really only two Invincibles left (Illustrious &
Ark Royal), since it looks unlikely that Invincible herself will ever go
to sea again ...
Are you a Tonie Phonie?

I dunno, what is a "Tonie Phonie"??? (A phoney Tony would presumably be
someone pretending to be called Tony?)

The sad decline of the CVS assets from three to two is not a justification
for only having two 'replacements' ... ! You're not chanting 'Three Ships
bad! Two ships better!" ; are you?

No, because if I was going to say that I *would* have said that. My
point was that the reduction to two ships has already happened.
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These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...