> he relates seeing a British officer walking in the open between trenches, while enemy machine-gun bullets were spattering all around. Walking, not running.
Well, people do get used to all sorts of things (or alternatively, they just snap and stop caring).
Besides, what about that stiff upper lip, my dear chap? Just because someone is firing a machine gun at you it doesn't mean you should lose your composure.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
