Lost or Stolen

The MoD (Ministry of Defence) has lost 658 laptop computers, say £1,000 each works out at £658,000.

They have also lost 121 memory sticks, say £20 each works out at £2,420.

A mere £660,420!!

Back in 1958, in the army, I lost "towels, green, one", value old money five shillings, today's shekels - twenty five pence. For this the quartermaster sergeant intended recover the value of the towel from my pay, have me serve 28 days at Shepton Mallet (Army nick for really bad boys) and then have me castrated.

So are we to see 779 impoverished, emasculated MoD civil servants crowding our glass house?

No bloody way, the loss will be deducted from the budget of our poor lads serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.