Coronet (in crowded train): "I say, porter, we're packed like sardines here, can't you do anything?"
Porter (old soldier): "Try numbering off from the right and let the odd numbers breathe in while the even numbers breathe out."
Mild Answer AN inexperienced N.C.O. was on temporary duty at the telephone in a front observation post and his replies to Brigade headquarters irritated a certain fire-eating colonel, who demanded in a threatening voice:
"Is there a d—d fool at the end of this line?"
To which the N.
"Not at this end, si very meekly replied:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.