80-year-old called up to fight Iraq

[David]

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An 80-year-old British pensioner has been called up by the Ministry of Defence for possible action in Iraq, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.

If he went, it would be the first time Joe Steer had seen active service since the famous World War Two battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, the paper said.

The call-up papers came in an official government envelope and ordered Steer to report to a training camp.

"I'm a bit past my prime," the Sun quoted him as saying. "It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."

A ministry spokesman told the paper the call-up was due to an administrative error.

[Boats]

God Bless him - I bet he almost lost his lunch when the papers came in the post! ha ha

[catman]

Funnest damn thing I have heard in a long time. God bless this old gent, bet he would go without even a small protest!

Trav

[thedrifter]

You got love it......and he sounded like he would have been willing to go......God Bless him.......

Thanks David for sharing........

Sempers,

Roger