"I WISH—
"That it were possible to get frying-pans that would stand LEVEL when one is cooking in them."—Home Chat.
It is so awkward to be tilted out of the frying-pan into the fire.
C.O. (to sentry). "DO YOU KNOW THE DEFENCE SCHEME FOR THIS SECTOR OF THE LINE, MY MAN?"
Tommy. "YES, SIR."
C.O. "WELL, WHAT IS IT, THEN?"
Tommy. "TO STAY 'ERE AND FIGHT LIKE 'ELL."