Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 by Various
page 38 of 64 (59%)
page 38 of 64 (59%)
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The Adjutant will give an exhibition of paper manipulation, using various Army Forms for this purpose. The Assistant-Adjutant will demonstrate how a morning's work may be made of the changing of a pen-nib, while still creating an impression of devoted industry. The Messing Officer will fry a fillet of sole by means of haybox cookery, and during the process will publicly skin a ration rabbit in such a way that not the slightest depreciation is caused in the value of 2½d. attached to a rabbit-skin. The Officer i/e Demobilisation will demobilise you while you wait (provided you can wait long enough). The Quartermaster will make a model of Hampton Court Maze, illustrative of the intricacies of his department, taking care that his model appropriately differs from the original in having no means of exit. The Medical Officer will demonstrate how the huge national accumulation of No. 9 pills may be adapted to civilian purposes by using the pill _(a)_ as a fertiliser for the Officers' tennis lawn, and _(b)_ as a destroyer of the superfluous grass bordering thereon. Company Commanders will collaborate in a display of standing on their own feet without the assistance of their respective Company Sergeant-Majors. (N.B.--Absolute silence is requested during this very delicate performance.) |
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