Tough Guy Special Forces

Started a small local circle in 1978 as an organisation dedicated to bring smiles to crowded buses via jogging.

Commenced nationwide in 1985 when we joined up with London marshals to help each other organising events around the country.

Mr Mouse was asked and took on the task of organising the start of the first Band Aid Run in Hyde Park 1985 with over 100,000 competitors.

1986  Tough Guy™ was launched and London marshals came to assist.

Each year a great get together and sleepover ensured our pledge to make sure all events were safe for competitors.

Year in year out the team has turned up for long weekend relaxing, doing what we all enjoy which is the thrill of good organisation.

Sadly, personalities sometimes clash and without having sworn a Friendly Divorce Document, partings have been abrupt and final for many members over trivial matters like ‘The Bag of Crisps’ saga.

In memory, a bag of crisps hangs on the wall with a 6 inch nail through its heart.

Millennium Year 2000 brought a new initiative ‘Help us Get the Kids off the Streets’.  'HUGKIDS' was launched to formalise and brand as part of The Horse Sanctuary 'HUGKIDS' had previously been silent in name but glorious in its active work.  A recruiting drive for Special Forces was launched.

Computers had arrived in big need and we needed skilled knowledge.

Tough Guy™ had grown to enormity with a message of friendship to give and take to full advantage without exploitation.

The comments of joy, amazement and gratitude flowed following each event and we selected out various prose for ‘Historic Set in Stone’ promotion.

‘I was broken in mind and spirit, then I discovered Tough Guy™’ was one of the first classics used as a leader front page one liner.  This brought us Skonie Boy to join Gossy crew and Halfway team.

Mousa coined the words ‘Tough Guy Special Forces’ to give a handle to the regular marshals who did that bit more than average.

Necessity being the mother of creation, we needed to formalise the join up process, in similar fashion to military ensconcing.  With a code of honour and a pledge to bring any divorcees back to the fold with gentle persuasion that words may cut deep but are easily healed with the passage of time.

Uniforms were created and given to all.  Ranks of office and seniority were awarded to leaders of men (and computers).  Code of honour was written, read and agreed (by default of non rejection, nor comment of alteration).

The old school joined happily with the new blood and a few years through 2002 – 2006 were enjoyed by all.

On Special Forces Weekends

Arriving pm Friday – Heavy Happy Drinking of Alcohol.

Saturday into the fields of Death Valley with Chuck Wagon Stew.

Saturday evening – more Heavy Happy Drinking, Eating and Merriment.

Sunday back into the fields of Murder Mile to a usual half day before setting off home to the drudge.

The rapid progress of the Monolith Computer Vision To The World, brought many overseas visitors who joined one or other of our Special Forces as web buddies.  To exchange yarns and spin the bar stories on Personal Websites.

This year 2008 the worldwide network of Tough Guy is attracting millions to the website and tens of thousands looking in.  Plus a greatly increased overseas entrants.

So a relaunch of Tough Guy Special Forces is an 008/009 resolution.

A Code of Honour

1)             Friendship  Give and take advantage without exploitation.

2)             Divorce  If and when the parting comes to you, hold on to your gentleman honour.  Leave peacefully, tidy up any projects, take a space of time, keep the door open for future reunions.

3)             The greatest possession we have is memories.  The bad memories come and go, be strong, let them go.  Fond memories are to sit and savour.  Write and invite, let us sit and join up for a drink in that wonderful bonding which brought us together initially.

4)             Reach out.  Use the talents found at Tough Guy™.  Search out a lost soul/a youth on a wrong path/a reforming rogue, invite to your heart and warm that cold to humanity.  Show them the window of Tough Guy™.

5)             KISS

                Keep it Sweet and Simple.  Fight the mound of bureaucracy which we all can fall foul into.

6)             Unswerving Loyalty

                Once joined up, hold up the Flag forever.

2008 Recruitment to Tough Guy™ Special Forces

1)             Join as a fundraiser.

Give        a)  Your talents.

                b)  Your brawn.

                c)  Your cash.

2)             Read the Code of Honour as your pledge.

3)             List the weekends you are free in 2008/09.

4)             Commit.

Planned Weekends in the Bag

Saturday Project Slalom, we have a massive new slalom route to stake and tape, all hands are needed.

Chuck wagon lunch in the fields.

5 o’clock Stand down.

Shower, Sauna, Vino, Vittals, Bed before 12.

Overnight Bunkhouse, duvets and mattresses in house.

Sunday half day to complete.

Off home 2 o’clock ish.

Essentials

Catering  We need to know your commitment.  Food preparation is Gourmet Delicious but waste not is essential.

Bodies and Brains Needed

1)             Computer technician with skills of database programming and PHP/HTML/EMYSOL.

2)             Bright ideas  These are exposed from the jaws loosened by the vino.

3)             Event Day Registration

                This year is a first to register everyone personally and privately.

                We need a staff of 12 to handle a desk.

                To check identification;.

                To get the Death Warrant signed.

                To give the correct accreditation to the competitor.

Our new registration area has been refurbished and trustworthy people are needed to enjoy the thrill of exciting the adrenaline of competitors.

4)             Start Assembly

                We all have great fun herding the competitors.

                We now have our own in house Russian chapter Hell’s Angels whose lack of English and brutal strength quells the pirates to the stocks.

5)             If you are not competing you can join a marshal point to cheer and jeer on your known adversaries.

We need brave and experienced on top of the new sky walk and High Leopard plus earlier in the Bear Traps Forest.

Want to join Tough Guy Special Forces?

Send an E mail with your mini CV of life skills, desires, ambitions, visions, praises.

All will be personally scrutinised and replied to.

Ever smiling.  Ever exciting.  Ever striving upwards for greater purity, wisdom and understanding,

Mr Mouse.