# What's This Old Kipling Story?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515 "2009-08-15T12:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515/1 "2009-08-15T12:45:21Z")

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I just can’t remember the title. It is about a british officer who escapes from a russian prison camp in Afghanistan, and returns to his regiment. After recounting the horrors he has experienced, he dies.  
that’s all i recall-anybody know the story?

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515/2 "2009-08-15T14:39:45Z")

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It’s a short story by Kipling entitled [The Man Who Was](http://www.bartleby.com/195/22.html).

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515/3 "2009-08-15T15:01:48Z")

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Sorry - you knew it was Kipling.

I didn’t read the thread title, but I have read the story.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515/4 "2009-08-15T16:37:15Z")

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Question…Do you like Kipling  
ans…I don’t know, I have never Kippled.  
I can not resist…sorry.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-kipling-story/506515/5 "2009-08-19T15:50:21Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Question..Do you like Kipling  
> ans..I don’t know, I have never Kippled.  
> I can not resist…sorry.

Oh, really? How about the story “The Man Who Beat Handsomeharry to the Punch, and got Kippled for his Trouble”??? Huh?? Ever read that one, funnyguy???