INTO CIVIES OUT OF SKIVVIES.

Low Blower, 1 September 1945, Page 8

INTO CIVIES OUT OF SKIVVIES.

by ’Rosie’,

War is a grin business, but not so grin as the days of J’ peace that follow it, as F/S. Duff late of No. 2 Sqdn. discovers. On returning homo ho tolls the '> first girl ho moots that she is the nos.t adorable thirg ho has over scon and all tlx gush that goes with it; , but his. wild untamed nature won’t allow 'j him to settle down. , This is his ob wn* fall. The -girl, realising the nanpower slur ta.go soon induces hin to . wrap the gilded brass around her ginger 'XJIo finds married life extremely pleasant, and tolls the crowd that ho X x ’s sorry he didn’t marry years ago. '■ Honeymoon memories hcwovoXr, soon wear. off. . Ho tali; up the duties ‘ of ’ tho respectable house \holder if ho has plenty of ’ij influence, otherwise he takes up cXravaning. His ntthod cf travelling is confine dto hitch hiking. ii Ho. wanders round L his garden in a. pair of skivvies, insists on fl washing his own clothes and hanging. , \ them on the front fence. Ho loves to puddle round in the mud ad- \ miriig his. Cactus stove and the* queer funnel shaped’ piece of pipa and • tin he’s set up in .» the back garden, vhich he tells his wife \ is a ’Rain Gauge’. nIf his. wife has visitors ho really \ performs. With, | muddy boots he stomps, into the bo st room, vAnks at tlx girls., grind' his cigarette on the carpet viciously attac\ ks ar orange and throw ' the skins out of the window. Ho tolls, tin \ company he’s brassed ? off, so ’’Sack’s th caper” and ’’Don’t forgotA dear, you prmised J to got on th blower and cook mo up a chock. \ L.uch to his wife’s displeasure ho doos a\ haka before going J' to bod, and then wraps a nos.sic. net round hiai self and snores himself to sloop. Of habit to‘complains about t tho tucker aid ? keeps asking his spouse to buy bullybocf and Siam. At last the bills start coming in. Ho J doesn’t, mind pryirg for his wife’s present to him. but lx docs tlx block at tlx price of her fifteenth hat. The income tax, wage tax, sales tax,, amusement tax' and super tax 'cause a ' momentary panic. He loolx arouid far ' savings. There is no benevolent Air Force willing to thumb their noses at.his creditors, and his savings have long since doprted da? die sowers of the cities, and tlx ough the coral cf the. islands. Ho did nls away.his troubles and through tlx. boor foam h finds the soluti or amid mo morins cf Jacquincb Bay. If he wanted anything the re he took it.' He’s Ift his wife how. He lives with throe o® comrades in a neat Ifc tie room, he h-is servant’s' running round him. Hu lias no worries, taxes er bills,and his isnew understood and respected. ° . JAIL IS NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL