“Well, what have you done, anyway?”
“Done? We’ve been at Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, the plains of Bethlehem, and——”
“The plains of Bethlehem?”
“Yes; I slept a week there myself.”
“Well, I guess that was a busy week for the shepherds watching their flocks!”
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“I know you have pet names for the big guns, but what do you call the shells?”
“Depends, ’ow close you are to where they burst, mum!”