BOUND TO KEEP OUT OF IT
A recruiting sergeant, holding forth on the absolute necessity of every man enlisting, encountered an Irish wit.
“Halloa, John! Why can’t you join the Colors? I don’t know how any man can stand aside in such terrible circumstances. Why, what would you do if the enemy came over here, eh?”
“Oh,” said John, “that’s the simplest thing on earth. Why, shure, I’d enlist for foreign service then.”