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bilby commented on the word gun canvas
"Me: Harry, I'm on Volume 4 of the war memoirs, now Rocamanfina ... and Terra Corpo ... do you remember the occasion of the great bed?
H: Cor yes, we did it right out in the open, we used gun canvas.
Me: Good! Can you remember why we did it?
H: Yes.
Me: Why?
H: We were all bloody balmy.
Me: I know that, but was there any other reason? Were we short of tents?
H: No, sanity."
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall'.
April 25, 2009