A German bloke was sat next to me in the pub earlier when he got up and left his wallet behind. I decided to do the right thing so I quickly caught up with him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Excuse me, sir I think you've lost something" I said.

"What's that?" He replied.

"World war 2"

Then I went back in and got smashed on his behalf.

This is a true story:-

Don Whillans was an English climber - very much working class, from Lancashire, very competitive, one of the top rock climbers in the 1950s 60s and 70s

He was also good at high altitude climbing and went on several expeditions to the Himalayas.

While on an international expedition to climb Everest via the Western Cwm they had a major storm which pinned them down in the Cwm for several days.

Two of the German climbers took this opportunity to risk life and limb by climbing Lhotse - one of the 3 high peaks surrounding the high valley - Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse.

On their return to camp, where the rest had sat out the storm, they encountered Don.

One of the Germans quipped - Ha, we beat you at your national sport (mountaineeering, obviously).

To this Don, quick as a flash, replied "Ay lad, but we've beat you at yours - twice".

As an aside, most of Don's stories ended with the line "so I 'it him".

http://www.summitpost.org/don-whillans-the-ard-little-man-in-the-flat-at/596570