Courier "Lost" my sail

[DownWest]

I'm with you, a real courier should run with the package.

Yep and wear a loincloth and hold said package in a cleft stick.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Yep and wear a loincloth and hold said package in a cleft stick.

A friend of mine at university was a modern pentathlete and said that the five disciplines - running, riding, swimming, shooting, fencing - were those required for a dispatch carrier. I therefore feel that anyone claiming to be a "courier" should demonstrate competence in all of these. Loincloth optional.

 

[DownWest]

A friend of mine at university was a modern pentathlete and said that the five disciplines - running, riding, swimming, shooting, fencing - were those required for a dispatch carrier. I therefore feel that anyone claiming to be a "courier" should demonstrate competence in all of these. Loincloth optional.

You remind me of a young guy at the airfield. He did that and was quite good. He did mention the origen of the disciplines.

 

[JumbleDuck]

You remind me of a young guy at the airfield. He did that and was quite good. He did mention the origen of the disciplines.

Not me, I hasten to say. She was a geology student who went on to be a professional singer.

 

[EugeneR]

For light entertainment, I just found my great-grandfather's great-grandfather was a senior king's messenger... in November 1795, he made an expense claim for £431 to deliver, by horse and ship via Yarmouth, a message to St Petersburgh. Took over 30 days to get there.

Now that is what I call a courier...

 

[Stemar]

Loincloth optional.

No. Just no. ?

 

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Yep and wear a loincloth and hold said package in a cleft stick.

I'm not sure a loin cloth is implied by the etymology..

 

[38mess]

My new propshaft was finally found in Norwich, it should have gone to Milford.
Lost a weeks work because of this ?