Thanks - not heard this before! Impossible to imagine how this could go over people's heads. Says something about how narrow many people's cultural horizons we

Thanks - not heard this before! Impossible to imagine how this could go over people's heads. Says something about how narrow many people's cultural horizons were in the 1930s I guess. According my parent's retelling of the RtH story, the humour is a result of posh people (who get to make BBC comedy) being exposed to working class while serving in WW2, although there is obviously gay subculture in there too.