Question of the day

[zagatoes30]

Fast food, so slow food? Guessing but best I can do

 

[Navcorr]

We have a winner - over to Zag.
The snail is the symbol of the Slow Food Movement.
Anyone care to take a stab at the other parts of the question?
I'll fill in the blanks later if not.

 

[zagatoes30]

Feck just a guess based on the MaccyD fries packet, fast food.

Never heard of the Slow Food Movement, sounds like they need a decent curry to help things along.

 

[zagatoes30]

What links the following RAF squadrons, 32, 72, 54, 111, 92 & 74?

 

[daverichardson]

They never flew?

 

[zagatoes30]

They never flew?

No

 

[CatmanV2]

They don't have any planes?

C

 

[zagatoes30]

They don't have any planes?

C

They might not now as they might have been disbanded but they certainly did or else they wouldn't be on this list

 

[MarkMas]

The only ones I know are:
633 - fictional Mosquito squadron
617 - Dam Busters
266 - Biggles

 

[CatmanV2]

22 was my father's

C

 

[Navcorr]

Never heard of the Slow Food Movement ….

Started in Italy in protest at McDonalds being allowed to open near the Spanish Steps in Rome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Food

 

[daverichardson]

At the start of the fast food revolution we were on holiday in Italy and the hotel called it
'Speedy Plates'
Which I thought was quite good

 

[Wanderer]

What links the following RAF squadrons, 32, 72, 54, 111, 92 & 74?

Homing pigeons?

 

[CatmanV2]

Homing pigeons?

Oh good shout!

C

 

[Wanderer]

Oh good shout!

C

But not right? Where they the squadrons that dropped dynamite-filled dead rats on the Ruhr foundries in the hope the guards would toss them into the vats and explode?

 

[CatmanV2]

But not right? Where they the squadrons that dropped dynamite-filled dead rats on the Ruhr foundries in the hope the guards would toss them into the vats and explode?

That appears to have never happened after the first shipment was intercepted. Very happy to be corrected, though

C

 

[Wanderer]

Leaflet dropping squadrons during phoney war?

 

[Wanderer]

Glider squadrons?

 

[allandwf]

But not right? Where they the squadrons that dropped dynamite-filled dead rats on the Ruhr foundries in the hope the guards would toss them into the vats and explode?

Sounds like an Avengers plot!

 

[zagatoes30]

All above incorrect, the last in the link no longer has a squadron id (well I don't believe they do)