HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1941, Page 17

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Feeling in need of sustenance, a Tommy went into a restaurant . somewhere in the West End. Having fed, he asked for his bill. It was brought, and when he recovered consciousness he looked with new interest upon the waiter who had presented it. “Do you want to buy a horse?” he asked. The waiter stared. “Me? Buy da’ horse? No, sir.” “Sure you don’t want a horse?” “No, sir. What I want wiz a horse “Dick Turpin had one,” explained the diner as he gathered up the remnants of a pound and rose to go. ■* * * V ■ t The same year we read, saw the birth of Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin. As time went on the former grew less funny. * * * “There is nervous tension among the Swedish and Swiss populations,” says a writer. They never know when they will be invaded by Germany without the formality of having peace declared on them. * * * Mussolini’s military policy has its critics in Rome, we read. They frankly condemn the Duce’s idea of launching a sudden defensive on the Greek frontier. * * * Hitler’s speech last week is said to have been marked by much coughing and spluttering. A noise first attributed to static now turns out to have been the sound of people in the front stalls putting up their umbrellas. ❖' * * A parashot complains that when on guard duty his relief who was resting near by talked in his sleep the whole time. One of the Vocal 'Defence Volunteers.