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not quite the flight itself but at Knock airport I arrived with my elderly (Irish) dad.
Dad was fumbling to try and find his passport at immigration. The officer asked 'are you Irish?'. 'I am' said Dad , 'well, come on in then' said the officer. Only in Ireland
Despite playing the role of placid conscientious objector Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, actor Arnold Ridley had in fact saw active service in the both world wars.
In WW1 his hand was left useless by wounds sustained on the Somme; his legs were riddled with shrapnel; in hand to hand combat he received a bayonet wound in the groin; and the legacy of a blow to the head from a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts. Despite this he rejoined the army in 1939 and was posted to France. Ironically he ended the war as a member of the Home Guard in Surrey
As a former GCSE maths teacher, when it came to writing probability questions it would invariably include the probability of Rangers winning their next match when playing home or away