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Wombling
Wombling - The noble art of 'Litter Picking'.
Areas - Comes the favourite cry of the RSM or Provo Sgt whose spidey sense has started to tingle at the mere presence of a discarded fag butt at 300 paces.
This is followed by [enter amount] sullen and disgruntled soldiers wandering disconsolately round the Company/Battalion areas wombling up litter until said area is more pristine than the Garden of Eden.
Some mean spirited souls claim that this is merely a ruse from the higher echelons to occupy idle soldiery to prevent them from making mischief. Others surmise that its just another way to fcuk the guys around.
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