"I may add that I did not enjoy the short time I spent in the company [Wallie] commanded. He could never grasp the neighbourly principles which, by the tacit a

"I may add that I did not enjoy the short time I spent in the company [Wallie] commanded. He could never grasp the neighbourly principles which, by the tacit agreement of the troops, were held to govern trench-warfare, and to which I was introduced at once by my sergeant: I had suggested "pooping" a rifle grenade into a German post where we had seen heads moving. "Just as 'ee like, zir," said the sergeant, scratching his head, "but once 'ee start doing that kind of thing, 'ee'll get zummit back, zee?" -CS Lewis, from Surprised by Joy (1948)