Humourous annecdotes, was Re: We Were Soldiers

Quoting Tomb <tomb@dreammechanics.com>:

> [Tomb] Familial anecdote: My Grandad fought with the British

My uncle was telling us that my grandfather (royal engineers for most of WWII)
started this story with "I was on bomb disposal.."

"I didn't know you'd ever done bomb disposal?"

"Well, we called it that. You sneak up to the bomb, scrape the sand out from
around it best you can without moving it, then you go dig yourself a slit
trench. About as far back as you can throw a good sized stone..."

He did mention a few times things like climbing about under bridges to plant
explosives while under fire, but failed to elaborate...

From: "Katie Lauren Lucas" <katie@fysh.org>

> My uncle was telling us that my grandfather (royal engineers for most

I have a decorated plate from the time of the Great War. One bloke is sitting