RUM ATTACK

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 October 1941, Page 11

RUM ATTACK

The Jack Tar limped up to the ship’s doctor. “What’s wrong with you?” asked the M.O. “I was on ration fatigue during the air attack,” answered the sailor, “and a bomb splinter hit the rum jar I was carrying.” “Yes, but did anything hit you?” “Yes— ’arf the blooming crew,” was the answer;

Two W.A.A.F.’s wearing very new uniforms goggled at an AirCommodore, hat gold-bewreathed, who strode past. “What’s all that yellow stuff on his hat for, Alice?” asked one to the other. > ’ . “Oh, that’s how they tell if there is any gas about, Clarissa.’”