Just imagine the outcry......

[McMouse]

.....if this was written today. When I served in the 1950's the following was a standard form of address for social occasions. "Officers and their ladies", "non-commissioned officers and their wives", and "other ranks and their women"

[mccfluff]

where are the wenches?

[sandyRoe]

The colonels lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under the skin

[McMouse]

That Kipling made jolly fine cakes.

[pa___ul3]

bitches and ho's!