The Meaning of Life
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What would you rather be doing, Atkinson?
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To be quite honest, Sarge,
I'd rather be home with the wife and kids.

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Would you now?
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Yes, Sarge.
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Right. Off you go.
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Now.
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Everybody else happy with my little plan...
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of marching up and down the square a bit?
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Sarge?
Yes?

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I've got a book I'd quite like to read.
Go read your book then. Now!

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Everybody else quite content to join in...
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with my little scheme
of marchin' up and down the square?

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Sarge?
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Yes, Wyclif, what is it?
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Well, I'm learning the piano.
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Learning the piano?
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Yes, Sarge.
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And I suppose you want to go practise?
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Marchin' up and down the square
not good enough for you?

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- Well...
- Right! Off you go!

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Now, what about the rest of you?
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Rather be at the pictures, I suppose.
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All right! Off you go!
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Bloody army.
I don't know what it's coming to.

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Right. Sergeant Major
marching up and down the square.

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Democracy and humanitarianism
are trademarks of the British Army.

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Rubbish!
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And have stamped its triumph
in the furthest-flung corners of the Empire.

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But no matter where or when
there was fighting to be done...

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it has always been
the calm leadership of the officer class...

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that has made the British Army what it is.

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