"MOCKING THE CLASSICS."

HQ Highlights, Issue 10, 8 April 1944, Page 2

"MOCKING THE CLASSICS."

’’Strangler” decided that any fool can swim on the surface and that he f try the under-water style. After a bit of coaching from another of the boys in the mortars he called it a day saying ’’This swimming certainly plays hell on the muscles!” Yes, “Strangler” Charles Atlas failed miserably when he promised to make huskies out of us in 7 days. He should have spent more time on the t Editor of this ’rag* and .you Strangler. Jack Pekin has taken us into his confidence and says the reason the off* icial photographer took photos recently was that the Arpiy will have sufficient identification to track down A.W.L. *s when we get leave somewhere s ametime • ’’Lofty’s” mechanised rat-tJtap has off* ered much amusement to thtfse who have' had the privilege of seeing his invent ions. One was a ramp along which the victim walked into a drum of water. He was bullied into adopting this more silent method as his previous - a trap set in a biscuit tin caused complaints from other members of the transport. They made it fairly clear to "Lofty” that it sounded too much like- Gene Krupa' on the- drums. However, this gen fous is still not content and plans an “air-trigger” d-eaign. We wonder L By the way. The-most he’s caught in the ' one night is five, all of which now lie side by side in his special rat’s cemetery. • Would any of the Pioneers kindly loan the Doc a pair of tin-snips or some - • thing as we saw him trimming his nails with a pair of pliers. 0? maybe he could use your grind-stone.

"TOM STANLEY GOES TO TOWN.”

-Yearbury.

“HAPKLE-BA3 PROPORTIONS. ”