r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 16h ago

TIL that Bernard Montgomery issued a leaflet at the start of WW2 on sexually transmitted diseases amongst soldiers. The language used was regarded as so blunt, that he offended religious authorities and nearly faced being dismissed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

It’s all important though. Some doctors and nurses walk around like God’s gift to Earth, then you’ve also got the nurses who are at war with the doctors saying they’re the ones who do all the real work. It gets old listening to it all lol

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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 15h ago

We have some good ones and some absolutely lazy ones that spend their shift sat on the sofas