Another famous writer with colonial connections was Spike Milligan, who was born in India to a father serving in the British Indian army. He spent most of his childhood in India and Burma, and served in the army himself during World War II. He once attributed his love for comedy to his colonial background: "I wasn't consciously aware of it, but I had had enough of the British empire. The Goons gave me a chance to knock people my father and I had to call 'Sir'. Colonels. Chaps like Grytpype-Thynne with educated voices who were really bloody scoundrels."