Pissed at World War I

On the fifteenth day of Decembermas...

Literally. He pissed during World War I to save himself from the chlorine gas. I am, of course, talking about Robert Ross from The Wars. It's a pretty messed up book by a pretty messed up author, which I'll talk about later.

But for now, I'd like to share with you the epic chlorine gas scene from the book:

(Bates) looked at Robert and shrugged. He nodded at the men. Then he knelt and began to fumble with his flies. He was quite convinced that Robert had lost his reason--but you have to obey a man with a gun--mad or sane. Here was the terror. Bates was so afraid that he collapsed backward and sat like a child in the sand and dug in his underwear for his penis. It had shrunk with fear.
...till Robert shouted at him: "Damn you! Damn you! Give it to me!"

The Wars (137-138)

Sadly, only the last line is nasty out of context. The rest of it is nasty IN context. It means exactly what you think it means.

That's right. A totally serious chlorine gas scene, and he decides to talk about the guy's dick shrivelling. Great. Just...great.