"What if we loses this blinkin' war after all, Bill?"
"Well, all I can say is—them what finds it is quite welcome to keep it."
If we must have wars, let's adopt the pay-as-you-enter plan.
The war left the world so flat that Voliva may be excused for denying that it is round.
VISITOR—"It's a terrible war, this, young man—a terrible war."
MIKE (badly wounded)—"'Tis that, sor—a tirrible warr. But 'tis better than no warr at all."—Punch.