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(3) Page 5 - Will you have a wing or a leg?
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DescriptionThis cartoon (by W.F. Dobson) shows a group of men and women gathered round a dining table. The hostess is directing a question towards the only man wearing a uniform, and he is laughing. The caption reads: 'Hostess: "WILL YOU HAVE A WING OR A LEG?" / Absent-minded Airman: "OH, A BIT OF THE FUSELAGE, PLEASE." The hostess is in fact offering the airman the choice of a leg or wing from the bird she is about to carve up. His mind, however, interprets it as a question regarding aeroplanes and he gives his humorous reply.
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DescriptionA humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public.
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DescriptionEditions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families.