TINNY.

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1941, Page 18

TINNY.

.During the Great War a dainty nurse asked the canteen sergeant to give her a quantity of meat tins and jam tins, which he agreed to do, and had them sent down to the nurses’ quarters. . ' A few days later nurse came along and said to the sergeant: “Do you remember . those tins you let me have?” “Yes,’’ said the sarge, “were they what you wanted?” Nurse: “Oh, yes; but I made some terrible * bloomers with them.” . . . ‘ Sarge: “Cripes, Nurse, no wonder you rattle as you walk.”