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Flogging a Dead Horse single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 Flogging a Dead Horse
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A tall story about 400 Brisbane Diggers on Shore Leave who all return to their ship well past their 10pm curfew. The next morning, 399 men give their commanding officer the same excuse. When it comes to the 400th, the officer thinks he knows what is coming, but, to his chagrin, he is wrong.

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