nah-poo

Updated: May 23, 2025

Then, as the invariable rule of war, there came the hundredth time when the unexpected happened. Shells, bombs, bullets they take the others and pass you by. But sooner or later, it will be "nah-poo." You can only pray Heaven it's a Blighty. With the German patrol, it was not. A whispered word came down the waiting line. "Get ready."

H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile - No Man's Land