Third in line to British throne, Prince Harry aka Bullet Magnet says of his current front line stint in Afghanistan :
"At the end of the day I like to sort of be a normal person, and for once I think this is about as normal as I'm ever going to get."
Some 'normal'!
What will be next from a man in uniform with a riffle who says "this is about as normal as I'm ever going to get"? The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
Why do I keep thinking of the nineteenth century?
I think it's a bad idea to have him there, since, as you pointed out, he's got to be a huge target now. But credit to him for not hiding behind his privilege. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
After all, there weren't anymore slots open to "serve" on Mitt Romney's campaign.
Would he fit in with his taste in fancy dress? Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
After these ten weeks in Helmond Province, methinks he should spend ten weeks servicing the REpower 5Ms offshore on the Beatrice project. Think of the headlines:
"Harry Retrofits Pitch Hydraulics, Saves Windmill!" "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaďs Nin
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