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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 03:27 PM
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WWI = hilarious.


It's unfortunate that the early filmstrips of World War I did not include sound, as modern historians believed the sounds of battle were roughly equivalent to a Three Stooges short.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 03:30 PM
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1. The Battle of the Somme was particularly hilarious.
Well, you need a real "gallows" sense of humor, but still...
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 03:52 PM
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2. What rank is the dog in the foreground?
Is that a fieldmarshall's badge?
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:39 PM
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5. That's Teddy Salad, superb CIA agent.
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 04:44 PM by Fire Walk With Me
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SidneyCarton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 03:59 PM
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3. Passchendaele was certainly something out of comedy
The divine comedy at least.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:38 PM
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4. Ypres was a load of laffs.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:00 PM
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6. Gallipoli was a hoot, too
Well, except for those ANZAC folks.

:hi:
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:24 PM
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7. It did have more than its fair share of irony.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:53 PM
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8. Damn right it was!
Thank God for Charlie Chaplin!




He captured the Kaiser all by his lonesome!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:48 PM
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9. I'm not seeing the humor...
:shrug:
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