A private was short of rifles and in despair asks his captain what to do.
The captain says “take this broom and when you see your enemy, point it at him and say ‘bang bang bangity bang'”
So the private goes out and surely he sees an enemy and shouts ‘bang bang bangity bang’ and the enemy falls to the ground dead.
The next day the private is yet again stressed that they don’t have any knives for close combat so he asks the captain again what to do. He said: “Take this string and wave it at the enemy and say ‘stab stab stabity stab,” reluctant again he goes out crawling along the floor, sees an enemy and shouts: stab stab stabity stab and then surely he falls to the ground with a stab wound.
The next day he’s out and sees an enemy coming towards him. He shouts ‘bang bang bangity bang’ nothing. He then shouts ‘stab stab stabity stab’ still nothing. The enemy then plows over the private and says ‘tank tank tankity tank’
