Not A Contest
Here is another story of the spirit of the British people. A Londoner was driving home in a cab one evening, when a bomb dropped about 75 yards back along the road. The passenger ' called to the driver: "If you want ‘to get’ to an air-raid shelter, go ahead. Ill pay you off and: try and find another cab." " Guv’nor," said the driver, pointing his finger in the direction of the ’planes, "e’s up there doing 300 miles an hour I’m doing 20 down here. If he can hit me, he’s entitled to it."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 87, 21 February 1941, Page 41
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97Not A Contest New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 87, 21 February 1941, Page 41
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