An inquisitive old lady was asking a sailor about bis experience in the Navy. “What rank did you hold?” she asked him. “Ship’s optician, lady,” was the re pi). '‘Ship's optician? 1 never knew there was such a rank in the Navy. Of what did your duties consist?” “Scraping the eyes out of potatoes, tna’am.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 7, 1 August 1946, Page 3
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55Untitled White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 7, 1 August 1946, Page 3
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