"Alistair Gunn" wrote in message
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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?)

A Tonie Phonie is someone who says one thing ' Trust me, I'm a straight
kinda guy! ' while being as bent as a left-handed corkscrew!

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.

And to bedeplored ... not to be used as an excuse for announcing that only
two will be ordered in replacement. YMMV

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Brian