tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467940965162601045.post5318154628224468805..comments2024-03-19T22:15:35.353+00:00Comments on Carryings On Up The Dale : Blundering Dung HeapColin Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650235978313356607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467940965162601045.post-9341550314331620682013-07-26T01:32:11.148+01:002013-07-26T01:32:11.148+01:00As seen in action - twice ! (by the Poles) *snigg...As seen in action - twice ! (by the Poles) *sniggers Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467940965162601045.post-33643694895801512612013-07-25T12:00:59.774+01:002013-07-25T12:00:59.774+01:00Lo!Lo!Colin Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650235978313356607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467940965162601045.post-30017141837738504442013-07-25T11:56:53.246+01:002013-07-25T11:56:53.246+01:00General Sir Erasmus Bunglethorpe, at the Battle of...General Sir Erasmus Bunglethorpe, at the Battle of Illegible, was issuing orders in a village square when a battalion fell back under under heavy pressure past where he was standing on horseback. The sudden rush of soldiery and increased volume of battle caused his inexperienced horse to shy and bolt, depositing the surprised general in a heap of horse manure.<br /><br />Cursing and swearing, Sir Erasmus emerged from the noisome cushion, and began stanping his boots to shake off the worst of the ordure. So quickly had events unfolded that the routing battalion had long disappeared and the enemy were flooding into the village square. There was no escape for Sir Erasmus. Alerted to the noise he was making, an enemy officer had him fetched out of the muck at bayonet-point and made prisoner of war.<br /><br />From this we can learn:<br />1/ It is not always an enemy that puts you in the poo;<br />2/ It is not always a friend who gets you out of the poo;<br />3/ And when you are in the poo, don't make a song and dance about it. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com