Anyway! Aah dee a coupla very emotional songs aboot WW1 and preamble them wi' this story - Is it funny? Maist people seem te think so! - You tell uz!

A young soldier has spent months at the front. The incessant shelling and conditions eventually get to him and he cracks!

He runs away from the front line. He runs and runs and runs until, totally exhausted, he collapses on the ground in tears.

Lying there, gasping for breath he hears a voice say, "Get up, soldier! On your feet!"

he looks up and sees a shiny pair of brown shoes, above them a smartly creased pair of khaki trousers and a tunic with a 'Sam Brown' belt.

"I'm sorry, Colonel!" says the young soldier. "I just can't stand it anymore"

The voice says, "I am not a colonel! I am a Brigadier!"

The soldier gasps, "Christ! I didn't know I could run THAT far!"