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Thread #97131   Message #1911392
Posted By: The Walrus
16-Dec-06 - 08:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kent, part of France?
Subject: RE: BS: Kent, part of France?
On the subject of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, a little ditty used to start fights in pubs containing members of 'The Buffs' (The East Kent Regiment) before the Great War.
The Men of Kent were battered and bent
They tottered as far as Malta
The Gyppies fired,
The Buffs retired
You can't see an arse for water.

(The Buffs were sent out for one of the Egyption campaigns as re-enforcements, but the war finished while they were still 'acclimatising' on Malta).

Walrus
(ducking to avoid a flying belt buckle*)


*A favoured weapon in Army pub fights of the time - see Kiplings 'Belts'.