eggs-on-meat

Updated: May 20, 2025

Phillips, bring me the menu, and let's see the messman has succeeded in being funny without being vulgar." Corporal Phillips brought the menu with the air of one who connives at a felony. "Messman says, sir, it ain't all 'e'd like it to be, what with guests comin' and that. But I says to 'im, 'war is war, I says, 'an' we can't expect eggs-on-meat entrées, same's if it was peace time."

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