Rookie Marine Applicant—“No, sir; but I have some cigarets in my coat over there.”
AND FULL OF TABASCO
“Are they seasoned troops?”
“They ought to be. They were first mustered in by their officers, and then peppered by the enemy.”
CAUSE FOR DEPRESSION
“No, my ’usband ain’t killed, Mrs. Marks. No sooner did I put all the kids in mournin’, even to Biby in the pram, when I gets a telegram a sayin’ ’e’s alive and well. Yes, an’ all this expense for nothin’.”
“Wot a crool shame!”
ENOUGH TO WARRANT EXEMPTION
Recruiting Officer—“How about joining the colors? Have you anyone dependent on you?”