CHRISTMAS PUDDING!
Last Christmas Day the sergeants of a certain battery 7 in France sat down to ;:>. exceptionally 'fine dinner, the crowning glory of which was a large plum puddin.or. " Seems mighty hard," remarked tin-sergeant-major, as he vainly tried to stick his fork into i't. ' Have you boiled us :i cannon-ball?" "Or the regimental football? asked another. "Where did you get the flour from? questioned the sergeant-major, again struggling vainly. 'Where from?" the cook .retorted. JFrcm Store No. 5. of course." "You did?" roared the sergean't. " Then, hang you, you've mr.do the pudding with Portland cement!"
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Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 66
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96CHRISTMAS PUDDING! Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 66
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