Brit Speak: Difference between Fireman and Soldier?

[davewitley]

Steve wrote:
> 
> > Found this in a list of Kid's jokes at CBBC Newsround-
> > 
> > Q: What is the difference between a fireman and a soldier?
> > 
> > A: You can't dip a fireman in your egg.
> > 
> > Sorry, but I don't get it.
> > 
> > How or why CAN you dip a soldier in your egg?
> > 
> > It's got to be a British thing.

Shaun:

> 'Soldiers' refers to buttered toast cut into strips - and quite 
> commonly used to dip into a boiled egg.

Phew!  Well thought of, Shaun!  For a moment there I thought the 
Americans had rumbled our top-secret projects, to miniaturise the 
Armed Forces, and to create giant genetically modified eggs, for 
aiming at the faces of enemy politicians.

David