BEYOND REASON.
The orderly officer entered the mess-room and asked the soldiers dining there if there were' • any complaints. There were. One young recruit sprang up and complained that he’d found a cigarette-end on the edge of his dinner-plate. “Good heavens, man!” exclaimed . the officer. “What do you expect —a packet of twenty?” * * * Officer: “Now, you see that house about 300 yards away. Well, let us suppose it is occupied by the enemy.” Recruit: “It IS occupied by the enemy, sir.” “What do you. mean?” . ;• It’s my mother-in-law’s house.” * * *
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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 5, 1 June 1941, Page 1
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89BEYOND REASON. War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 5, 1 June 1941, Page 1
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