BETWIXT HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 31, 18 December 1942, Page 3

BETWIXT HEAVEN AND EARTH.

“Padres arriving with parachute battalions . pass through the same course as the men, and one of the classic remarks which will always be remembered at my school is one attributed to a padre. He is reputed to have said, on the occasion of his first jump, that although all his life he had put his faith in God, it wavered for a few seconds in favour of a W.A.A.F. parachute packer;’’ records Wing Commander M. A. Newnham, D.F.C., in a talk on parachute training. At the conclusion of a meeting of an urban district council, members linked hands and sang “ Auld Lang Syne.’’ It seems to be perfectly true that a sinister spirit of whooppee is menacing our municipal life. He sat by the cradle and he crooned a song of cheer. But he didn’t rock the cradle, for ’twas there he kept his beer. .

. American Sailor: That ship of outs'I goes so fast that we often have to stop to cool off the propeller. English Tar: That's nothing. Our ' destroyers go so fast that we have to stop to pick up wireless messages. I Head Cook: “Didn’t I tell you to notice when the soup boiled over?” I Assistant: ‘‘l did. It was half past , ten. ’ ’ The man who tried to grow ‘bananas with zip-fasteners on them. Russian place names suggest that telegrams are sent along barbed wireFather (to son). What dir you mean, You’ll be good for a penny? — You should be like me, m ’lad’; giood for nothing!’’ “Frequent water drinking;,”' said the advising sergeant, “prevents becorodng stiff in the joints.”' “Yeah,” replied the rookie some joints don’t serve water.'’

The only time some of these politicians make their weight felt is when they stand on somebody’s foot. Then there was the wrestler, who was nick-named ‘ Boarding-house Steak because he was so t '-igh his opponents couldn’t get their teeth into him. Then there was the patriotic old soul who wanted the architect to design her a house with Free French windows. "A rich manufacturer has left his-' (entire factory to his employees, says c This is giving them the .works. i They’ve altered the old expression ■to: “When in Rome do as the Germans do!.” . 1 The 1941 girl knows a man’s no good j when he just keeps driving and never ; runs out of petrol. ’ ; It is reported that Hess expected to be given petrol and maps in Scotland for his return trip to Germany. The ■poor fellow should have known that in Scotland one is never given anything. —: — Rookie: “How long do I have to wait for a shave?” , Barber (after close look): About I akx months, I guess.??