ARMY COMPLAINTS
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE. The stereotyped visit of officers lo their men when at meals, and the question, "Any complaints?" sometimes produce some strange statements, generally due-to a soldier's haste or nervousness in speaking. "Yes, sir; there's no milk in the milk," was what a soldier said recently. Ho did not mean to reflect on the camp milkman. It was the coffee lie referred to. Another man, in all seriousness, said: "Yes, sir, the hot water is cold." The most tongue-tangled of all was, perhaps, the lad who rose to say that there was no lean on his beef. What he said was: "There's no bean on my leaf, sir." And s. voice said, sotto voce, "We'll soon givo him beans, sir!"
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2924, 9 November 1916, Page 4
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124ARMY COMPLAINTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2924, 9 November 1916, Page 4
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