"Last one in the Reichstag's a sissy"
- from Hancock's 'The Blood Donor' (1961)
Starring Tony Hancock as the would-be blood donor and June Whitfield as the nurse.
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Well, there is just one more thing - have you ever given any blood before?
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Given? No. Spilt? Yes!
Yes, there's a good few drops lying about on the battlefields of Europe. Are you familiar with the Ardennes? I remember von Rundstedt's last push. Tiger Harrison and myself, being in a forward position, were cut off behind the enemy line.
"Captain Harrison," I said.
"Yes, sir?" he said.
"Jerry's overlooked us," I said, "where shall we head for?"
"Berlin," he said.
"Right!" I said, "Last one in the Reichstag's a sissy!"
So we set off, got there three days before the Russians .....
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You've never given any blood before?
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No.
So there we were, surrounded by storm troopers.
"Kamerad! Kamerad!" they said .....
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Now if you just sit over there with the others, doctor will call you when he's ready.
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So we started rounding them up and we, and .....
Oh.
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