A SHORT CUT
A stranger inquired of Pat which was the shortest way to the hospital.
Pat seriously replied: “By shouting three cheers for Germany.”
MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR
A soldier in barracks asked for exemption from church parade on the ground that he was an agnostic. The sergeant-major assumed an expression of innocent interest.
“Don’t you believe in the Ten Commandments?” he asked, mildly.
“Not one, sir!” was the reply.
“What! Not the rule about keeping the Sabbath?”
“No, sir.”