Member Profile: Jason Thorn
Name: Jason 'Psycho' Thorn - though it has to be said I've mellowed of late.
Age: 30
Sex: as often as possible, though now I'm married...
Job title and place of work: Customs Officer, London.
Other Information: Live in Westcliff, Essex.
Personal details: I joined the regiment in 1992, under duress from Nicholas
Dean aka Bik. He lied through his teeth and told me it was fun, not so when
you consider Bob 'the Peacock' took one look at me, declared I was a pikey
sod and that the 2nd rank would suit me. Needless to say I broke my nose in
the first push and loved it from that moment on. Well I did, but only after
the red mist had cleared and I'd had about 7 pints (highly inebriated) in
the evening and regaled with very dubious stories about how I'd make a great
pike-man etc 'testosterone to the max'.
What do you like about the regiment / Sealed Knot: I lurve the fact that I feel very
comfortable within the regiment and that I'm away with the boys. There are
so many people from different backgrounds that you can always find
someone/something to talk about in the evening. The battles are almost
secondary after 10 years of total physical abuse to myself. Though it has
to be said I'll never let the pike block down if I have breath left in my
body!
What you dislike about the regiment / Sealed Knot: SK politics bore the socks off of
me, I absolutely refuse to be drawn in. Poorly paid fat blokes and bored
house-wives making petty decisions about what's fun and what's not! Yawn.
Let's keep that for the C/O's and Adjutants.
Advice for new or prospective members: If you're male, join the PIKE block,
we're much more fun and can generally handle our drink better. Musketeering
is for ladies and the infirm. If you're female, wear tight fitting, uplifting
bodices and practise not being able to handle your beer. There is something
fundamentally hilarious (if not frightening) about drunken, vapid and randy
women - not necessarily in that order. And definitely not to take home to
meet your parents.
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