WATER RITUAL ROTS

Serial Waves, Volume 2, Issue 4, 24 September 1940, Page 2

WATER RITUAL ROTS

Certain officers have arranged- a sweep on .the Ship’s daily run - -what percentage goes to charity - or .does charity begin at home? On the menu - “Vol au vent, Toulouse" - Gone with , the wind, , too loose like a lot of us ' ’ ' ■ . ' ■ ■' ■'

Monkey tricks at the mess - sound, stew, and Furey - a pretty 'To .the 19th - You’ll be pleased to note that cactus thrives in 10 tropics. ‘ , . ' . - ■ ,, t "■ _. ’ ; ' ■...-WATER , ' SHAME - Willie was such a CLEAN boy Used to plenty of Life, boy, But when he joined the,.Army ' ■ It nearly drove him barmy For on an army troop ship His ablutions had to .slip ' ' x \ " . . Fresh water was a shortage ‘ And this it did the damage - , It almost drove him silly - . » People avoided ’Willie. ' . . He could not even pretend \ ' ■ ' • That he owned but one best friend. .V- . 7 Though this saga nay finish > .7 • .. ' 7 His trouble won't diminish ’Till nature doth provide '■ wWater for' Willie ' s hide. •

The skipper was a VERY worried man, for last night, shining bright (which wasn't quite exactly right) there was a light * .../Porthole not tight emitted that light. " Now .his.'fright caused’ a fight, put to flight that blankety light from his sight. Serjeants contrite, in sorry plight, felt the blight and the bite .from, the height. The skipper now is a happier man.

Judging by the. lack of sound coming from the “Broadcast Unit- late!./? we suspect that the'corporal who thought it was a piecart may have had something at hat O ...□ooo ».oo .. . Heard a very good /song the. other day during a route march, to the tune of “Roll out the barrel'* - What about sending it in, troops? e o • © o • ooaoooQOoa

VZe are still wondering just hew one attacks a submarine with a bayonet? again.