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How did private quelch manage to anger the corporal

Answer 1

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The Corporal was lecturing to the privates on grenades. All of them were listening in a scared silence. He told them that outer part of the grenade is divided into many fragments. Private Quelch interrupted him to say that the exact number of fragments was forty-four. The Corporal was annoyed but he continued with his lecture. Then Quelch interrupted him again saying that he would first tell them about the five characteristics of the grenade. The Corporal was angry but he kept his annoyance under control and threw the grenade to Quelch and asked him to give the lecture.
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Answer 2

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Private Quelch was a much learned student. He loved to exhibit his knowledge and he cared little of how people around him responded. Once, when Corporal Turnbull was taking a lesson on hand grenade, The Professor went on correcting him on the number of segments that a hand grenade is divided into and also The Professor suggested him, as an expert on the subject, on how Corporal should have started his lecture. Turnbull, though a calm person on the exterior, was a man not to be trifled with. Although he did not react at first and patiently let Quelch take the lecture. However, he took his revenge in the end of the class by assigning Private Quelch permanent cookhouse duties. The episode, of course, was to become a popular joke among the whole platoon.