MUM WILL WIN.

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1941, Page 5

MUM WILL WIN.

Two small boys were playing in a back garden. Suddenly one said to the other, “Do you' think we’ll win this war?’* “Well,” the other replied thoughtfully, “all I know is that this is the Motherland, an’ Germany’s the Fatherland, an’ when mum an’ dad ’ave a row at ’ome mum always wins!” : Ms * * A visitor went to a small Cotswold village and asked to see the A.R.P. warden. He came. “Now,” said the warden finally, “is there anyone else you’d like to see?” “Yes,” came the reply, “the fire chief!” “I’ll not keep you one moment!” replied the warden. “Just wait till I change my hat!” * * Ms Marshal Graziani is said to have told the inhabitants of Cyrenaica that they would be well looked after by the British, who were gentlemen. This will embarrass the Aussies terribly. x * * * A French farmhand arrested by the Gestapo was allowed to go free on giving an officer a basket of potatoes. Justice was tempered with Murphies. . * * * “Now that the war has placed men more or less on the same level,” declares a gossip-writer, “I am afraid the end of the Old School Tie is in sight.” Never if it is neatly tied. ■’• ■ r.' j' - ,■ \ _ .■ r % * * * A Londoner says that owing to a building being demolished by a bomb he can now see two public statutes from the windows of his flat. We can only suggest that he keeps the blinds drawn.