"IF"
(With apologies to Rudyard Kipling) Tiie ability to laugh at ourselves is a very valuable British characteristic, and Kipling's "If" has been a great help in this respect, for it lends itself to parody. Here is a good one by an insurance oil'icia: and his client: [f yon can keep yourself from going "crackers" A! all the things you are advised to do— When Hitler sends his horrid air at lackers With Hares and bombs to try and frighten you. if you can hear that beastly "Bailshe:;" Warning "Without a sinking feeling in your breast. IT you can sleep in dug-outs till the morning And never feel yc:u ought to have more rest. If you can laugh at every "Blackout" stumble. Nor murmur when you cannot find a pub, tf .you can eat your rations and not grumble. About the wicked price you pay for grub. ff you can keep depression down to Zero' And view it all as just a bit of fun—Then, Sir, you'll be a bLoomin' hero And. Avhat is more—you'll be the ONLY ONfc
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 2
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179"IF" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 2
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