Sapper Humour in Uniform

In CME MES complaint registers are placed at the Mess Rxn counter for bachelors offrs to register their complaint when they come for breakfast..

Also there is a tradition in Corps of Engineers to dine out Gen offrs from the CME mess when they retire from service and it is a proper dinner night.

This event is of 1994 some where in Feb/March

So on one pleasant evening a dinner night was organised to dine out Col Comdt of either BEG/MEG Sappers.

The dinner night went of very well as planned and all the YOs attended it as expected.

Degree offrs are detailed with their spouse in rotation and name plates of those who bunk are flicked by their coursemates before waiters do it and give it to the Col Adm which becomes source of March up and subsequent punishments..

So on successful completion of dining out of the Gen offr he was escorted by the Comdt to visitors table to pen down fairwell message .. which he aptly put on the left side of the visitors book page.. 

then we all dispersed.

Next day morning we YOs after PT parade straight away went for breakfast and one of our colleague wanted to lodge his complaint..

So he wrote his complaint “ Flush not working” on the opposite page to where Gen Shaib has written his farewell message ..

Through mess secretary the visitors book reached Dy Comdt and to faculty commander ... our entire YOs course has to launch and relaunch Bailey Bridge for one week..😂 fir Flush not working in  YOs  block