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Afghanistan
Beers and a diva for British troops in Helmand this Christmas
2006-12-24
Katherine Jenkins with her 2006 Classical BRIT award for the Album of the Year CAROLS will ring out tomorrow from the bleak Helmand desert as British troops celebrate Christmas far from home.

Katherine Jenkins, 26, the Welsh opera singer, will lead the singing in a morale-boosting visit to the British base of Camp Bastion. “It would make my tour if I got to meet her,” said Captain Giles Barnett, 27, of the Intelligence Corps.
The carol concert, believed to be the first in Helmand, will take place in the main dining hall after the 2,500 troops have tucked into their turkey dinner served by the officers and NCOs in traditional style. They will also be given a special ration of two cans of beer.
I predict curly-toed slippers will skulk about nearby, mandresses will form lil tents, and turbans will tighten.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#6  you should hear her sing, butterfly's errupt small mammals situp n chirrup n things are right in the world
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2006-12-24 11:21  

#5  Ms Jenkins certainly has the lungs for a good ol' Brit ding dong, in every sense of the terminology.

Capt. Barnett deserves a song and a snog from the lovely Welsh Diva. God bless all Coaltion forces in the field fighting the WOT. Thanks always and enjoy those brewskis.
Posted by: JDB   2006-12-24 03:59  

#4  How could I be so wrong ?

'cause you been drooling over the Fat Lady here, that's why.
Posted by: Steve White   2006-12-24 01:22  

#3  Â“It would make my tour if I got to meet her,” said Captain Giles Barnett, 27, of the Intelligence Corps. ....They will also be given a special ration of two cans of beer.
We'll have NONE of that type of culturally offensive activity in our MNC-I sector. Just in time for the holidays, we've also taken steps to shut down AFFES shoulder massage activities in several of our FOB barber shops! Nothing is too good for the soldier, and that's what he'll get.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-12-24 01:22  

#2  Yea, I thought opera wimmins were old, fat, and screechy.

How could I be so wrong ?
Posted by: Carl in N.H.   2006-12-24 00:54  

#1  I haven't been interested in opera, 'til now.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-12-24 00:08  

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