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After long months in the desert a section of us were given leave to Cairo. Whilst we were there the ENSA (that鈥檚 the Army Entertainment Branch) were putting on a show called The Desert Song. It was well attended with troops from the local garrison named Casta Nil Barracks. It went well until a line in this young ladies song which was 鈥楳y desert is waiting to come there with me鈥�. This caused uproar with booing and shouting. I felt sorry for the cast, they were doing their best, and I suppose it was a poor choice of show for desert weary troops.

After disembarking at Port Said we were sent to a unit holding camp midway between Port Said and Cairo. We were there awaiting posting to our units. Every morning we had parades and inspection by a different officer. We had a Lance Corporal who never had a hair on his head, and each morning he was told 鈥榯o get your hair cut鈥�. Our sergeant saved the day by saying 鈥榚xcuse me Sir, the man鈥檚 wearing a wig!鈥�

After this happened a few times the sergeant said, 鈥淕et the b**** thing trimmed up a bit, as it was very shaggy around his neck鈥�.

On another occasion we had an inspecting officer with a very bad stammer. He picked on this man and said 'you haven鈥檛 shaved this morning', and the man replied 'yes I have Sir鈥� also stuttering. The Officer went white with rage, and was going to strike him down until the sergeant stepped in and said, 鈥渆xcuse me Sir, this man鈥檚 afflicted like yourself鈥�.

The sergeant defused the situation again as it was almost like mutiny to take the rise out of an Officer.

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