COOK’S REVENGE

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 10, 1 November 1941, Page 6

COOK’S REVENGE

A scare was on, and the boys at Brigade H.Q. were ordered to stand to, the cook included. Pacing up and down outside his cookhouse for two hours with his rifle at the slope, made the cook hostile, and he swore revenge. Next day bully beef was dished out at every meal. After the third serving the major demanded the reason. “How can I be a ruddy cook and play soldiers at the same time?” said the “babbler.” , Cook was not on the next stand to. ’ . . ’ ' '■ • ■. ■