Didn’t the Comet have a problem with the props changing pitch suddenly causing undesirable handling? I seem to recall this as one of the reasons it hasn’t flown much. Did this get fixed or is this not an issue any more?

I read the story of a Skua (or possibly a Fulmar) that was guiding Hurricanes from the Ark Royal to Malta. When the aircraft took off it found it could not retract the u/c. Knowing that he would run out of fuel and have to ditch in the sea, but also knowing that the Hurricanes would not be able to find Malta and would just circle the carrier until they also ditched as they had been ordered to wait for the Fulmer / Skua, he decided to fly close enougth to Malta for the Hurricanes to navigate on their own and then ditched.
Pretty brave if you think about it. Don’t know what happened to the crew?

Kenneth Wiiliams on finding the torn off ear from the monster (Carry on Screaming)..

“Oh well you know what they say, ear today gone tomorrow!”

a couple of Young Frankenstein quotes;

Marty Feldman lifting the rather well endowed Teri Gar from the cart when someone knocks on the large oak door with a very impressive iron door knocker.
Gene Wilder “What knockers!”
Teri Gar “Why thank you heir doctor”

Teri Gar contemplating the physical size of the monster.
“He must have an amazing swangstucker?”
Gene Wilder thinking for a moment “Well, it goes without saying!”.

…Heir Blucher! (Whinneeeeyyyy!!)

“Mrs Slowcombe you are late?”
“yes Captain Peacock. It was raining and I had to dry my dear old pussy in front of the fire!”

We don’t aid these countries because we `care`, we aid them to manipulate them for our own gains. When they turn and bite we shed crocadile tears, get upset and then use that as a political excuse to flatten them.
Then we re-arm whoever is left and the cycle continues.
It’s good for arms sales and our own political standing.

So is this for real or a wartime propaganda myth?
More likely one landed atop the other?