Merry Christmas !
Warmtoast,
I'm interested in your mention of Elephantiasis. Some time ago, when I was telling tales of old wartime Calcutta, I put in a Post about a pretended (scrotal) case of the disease being used as a ploy to cover the theft of a lathe chuck (for scrap value) from the Dum-Dum arms factory.
As for the time-honoured practice of the Officers and NCOs serving Christmas Dinner to the troops, it was certainly in operation in my day. Concerning '42 in Worli (Bombay), I'm sure I wrote a Post here about having to do my duty, which involved crossing 50 yds of open ground (between cookhouse and dining "basha") with the dinners, under relentless ground-attack by every s####hawk in Bombay.
Curiously, I can't find the Post again now. But long may the tradition continue !...D.
camlobe,
Rugs, too ! Where will it all end ?
Your: "Our thoughts this Christmas go out to those now serving and away from their homes". Amen to that ! ...D.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all, Danny.