POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 133, 2 December 1943, Page 4

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY FLAGE

Yes, it was Sir Oswald Mosley whp put his brown shirt on the wrong horse. ** * ' Comes now the tedious task of undoing all the geography that ,the Blond Beast made up as he went along* * * • • " Major Alexander de Seversky: "Women, would make better combat flyers than men, because women can. follow rules better and stick to .their jobs longer." * * A COMMUNIQUE. Recently a German High Command communique said that in the fighting between the Sea of Azov and Zaporozhe "German troops yesterday after extremely embittered fighting achieved a big defence, success." This should, cheer up the German people like any* thing. ■ .• '■■ '••■ ■■ ■'";■■■■ ■ ■■■ ■ '•'■'■:■' '■''•[ ~r ■■■ ■- -.■# .; ■■• •*•■- ■ •:. .*.■-.•••. :. ■ ■■■ ;'■ QUICK ANSWER; \ VRising in the House of Commons, one of the serious4 M.P.S asked if, now that Italy, is an ally, the people must hear the Italian national anthem on, the. British 9 o'clock broadcast. Win-, ston Churchill replied: promptly that nobody' has to listen to a*ny. broad-, cast. It was a snappy answer to a" curious question, but is a good formula for many serious issues. If you don't like eggs fried, boil'em. ■ #. #..- ' ■ •#'.■-■;■■ r "CANNY." " ■ .''.■: "Ca' canny'1 is a Scottish saying which came into prominence and gene? ral usage during a labour dispute on the Clyde.'in the early part of the present century, writes W. Brown. Expressed in English, it means "go<>easy or cautiously." It must 'not, however, be confused with the word "canny"-as used in the North of England. Here, when the colliers, use the word "canny" it means, "good." To .blend the two sayings into * one: "Ca' canny, canny man,' 1 would mean "Go easy, good man.'' '\ The Northumbrian would, not, of course, express himself thus, but xise his own dialect, "Had thi' hand," canny man." That is, "Hold your hand, good man.!' '. '*- ■' ■" v * ■ - # -: ' .- ■ NEW NEWS. Dear Percy Flage,—The following from the "Austrian Youth News," sent ■ to me a week or two ago, may interest you:— . •.-' : ■■".' v ":".'.' ■- . '■■■'.■-;■ / . "What the Viennese tell one another: "Advertisement. in a local paper: 'Advertiser waiits to exchange membership card No. 9 of the Nazi Party against shoes of same size.' .'•' •"" "New-order of the Gauleiter: .'Everybody who introduces six new. mem--bers to the Nazi Party will, as reward, be allowed to resign from the party.'- ---" 'Have you heard how terribly effective the British bombs are? Even eight days later Hitler' pictures are dropping put* of windows.' - ; "For years we have sung: 'We'll march to Britain,' but when at last one of us arrives there—Hess —then' he is declared insane." Yours faithfully, .M. A. R. AHERN, Secretary. * "■-'•*' "■■ .'"#•■ "■ ' ■ WHAT CHEER! The shepherd, having told his tale, - Finds a million fewer lambs for sale. The cattle farmer cons his beeves, Depleted stock his sadi heart" grieves; But though the wheat and oat crops .- .-fall,' ■ ■ ■ ,•;■ •. ■ . ■■■■.■ '■:■ The barley fields are ripe and tall; So cheer, lads, cheer! v ■ Yes, barley gives a bumper yield, Potatoes fill up every field; What though, in good trades union . fashion, , . > . Some cavil at the butter ration, And though, oh' cream all may not feast, ■.:'• :]V At least we shall have malt and yeast, For beery lads, beer 1 : ■ \ ■■■. ;•.. ... ~<-. V . •■■ —K.L.B. ... .«■.■■ ~;; » ._< . ...;^ :;.;..■ f ".-I'.jl r CASTLECLIFF AND IRON .BEDSTEADS. Dear 'Orace.—Many Japs ha?e been sunk since I answered your inquiry re "Quail." Do I know Castlecliff? Yes. I live here. Could you get a "bed" here? Curious .'you should ' ask that, as you would see if you lived here. Of course, it is generally accepted aU civilisation can be traced directly to or from bedsteads as we know them. But let me explain. Long before the Port Bo wen ran ashore on C.C. beach, a ship with a cargo of iron bedsteads must have jettisoned all of them to save herself the same fate. Very well, then, each and every inhabitant must' have gathered unto himself at. least four or five of these, so the stranger without our.-"gates" is struck by man's ingenuity, as We yneai?ly all have an ornamental iron-bed-front-gate, also excellent for the cow paddock, cattle stops for cars, side parts—bean poles, fence posts, axles for handcarts, and many lie buried and forgotten, as you find when digging for victory in the backyard. P.S.—Knowing you are numismay-istic, J. warn you, no tins of sovereigns have ever been found here. —Yours, ;.■■■■ / —WILL-GEE.