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The Postcards of Bruce Bairnsfather

Series Nine

The Communication Trench
Problem - Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this.
Nobbled
"'Ow long are you up for, Bill?"
"Seven years."
"Yer lucky ----, I'm duration."
The Inteligence Department
"Is this 'ere the Warwicks?"
"Nao. 'Indenburg's blinkin' Light Infantry."
His Secret Sorrow
"I reckon this bloke must 'ave caught 'is face against soe of them forts at Verdun!"
Observation
"'Ave a squint through these 'ere, Bill; you can see one of the ----'s eatin' a sausage clear as anythin'."
His Dual Obsession
Owing to the frequent recurrence of this dream, Herr Fritz von Lagershifter has decided to take his friends' advice: Give up sausage late at night and brood less upon the possible size of the British Army next spring.