tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8692797632245051975..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: QotD: Mike and Breda win the Internets.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50749423244520028702010-01-13T22:47:42.374-05:002010-01-13T22:47:42.374-05:00"Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo..."Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo. Wash."<br /><br />Oh thank God that I didn't have any of my peach vodka spiked tea in my mouth or I would have ruined a laptop.<br /><br />Funiest thing I have read all week. Just awesome.Army of Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387586702890914065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76178209297203680622010-01-13T13:17:21.492-05:002010-01-13T13:17:21.492-05:00A common remark in teh Army is,
"Why would y...A common remark in teh Army is,<br /><br /><i>"Why would you want to study an Army that can only defeat the French?"</i>Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79723869945197270472010-01-13T07:54:29.755-05:002010-01-13T07:54:29.755-05:00I always like Mike Royko's comment that when s...I always like Mike Royko's comment that when some Germans get together and start drinking, one thing leads to another and the next thing you know they're in Czechoslovakia.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889681055577032812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2958403448798406232010-01-13T03:08:23.385-05:002010-01-13T03:08:23.385-05:00The problem with those cool-looking Panzers is tha...The problem with those cool-looking Panzers is that they suffered from German over-engineering. (A German anvil has over 70 moving parts, and has to be wound twice an hour...)Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40599353573136342502010-01-12T21:17:06.698-05:002010-01-12T21:17:06.698-05:00Prussians as great soldiers?
In which alternate u...Prussians as great soldiers?<br /><br />In which alternate universe? If they are so good why does their country belong to someone else and Prussia ceases to exist?<br /><br />All the Internet nerds babble on about the Dutchies but the Dutchies always get beat like a drum. As have been said by someone far wiser than me, must be the cool-looking tanks.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38672262444505224582010-01-12T19:52:16.217-05:002010-01-12T19:52:16.217-05:00"Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo...<i>"Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo. Wash."</i><br /><br />That would make a pretty good t-shirt, I think.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44100931614271547472010-01-12T19:19:52.899-05:002010-01-12T19:19:52.899-05:00"Let me guess: German ancestry?"
French..."Let me guess: German ancestry?"<br /><br />French, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68666548401645922802010-01-12T18:53:57.120-05:002010-01-12T18:53:57.120-05:00You're welcome!You're welcome!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16125872944300826806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18190523271691865792010-01-12T18:43:50.692-05:002010-01-12T18:43:50.692-05:00"Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo..."<i>Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo. Wash.</i>"<br /><br />Okay, I LOL'ed. Hard.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92232722137520157482010-01-12T18:27:26.398-05:002010-01-12T18:27:26.398-05:00I fail to see how wearing goofy leather shorts wit...I fail to see how wearing goofy leather shorts with suspenders, dancing badly yet energetically to music that no one born after 1800 would consider listening to except at specific times during the year and drinking lots of beer to wash down plate after plate of der piggybitzen is boring.<br /><br />I blame the Prussians. Great soldiers, lousy partiers. I'm sure the Hessians were also similarly humorless, as they failed to see the humor in General Washington's Christmas raid, known for the letter to the Hessian commander that said only "Prithee, what nowe, Bytches? - Gen'l Geo. Wash."<br /><br />Johann de Kalb and Frederich von Steuben excepted, of course. de Kalb was Bavarian and von Steuben had to have a sense of humor considering the numerous translation errors in his C.V.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16125872944300826806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68747443473195736552010-01-12T15:54:45.785-05:002010-01-12T15:54:45.785-05:00You mean Alarm für Cobra 11 isn't a documentar...You mean <i>Alarm für Cobra 11</i> isn't a documentary?Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20245120240800165772010-01-12T15:07:46.371-05:002010-01-12T15:07:46.371-05:00I'm half-German, half-Irish, and ALL AMERICAN,...I'm half-German, half-Irish, and ALL AMERICAN, and, I think it's hilarious!Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12541981394806890612010-01-12T14:52:50.388-05:002010-01-12T14:52:50.388-05:00Austrians: The missing link between Humans and Ita...Austrians: The missing link between Humans and Italians.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87669532538606084412010-01-12T12:48:05.107-05:002010-01-12T12:48:05.107-05:00I'm half German and a quarter Austrian, and I ...I'm half German and a quarter Austrian, and I still think that's hilarious.<br /><br />Must be the quarter Russian.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14884135323629683802010-01-12T12:35:12.164-05:002010-01-12T12:35:12.164-05:00Is that why the French cut down all those splendid...Is that why the French cut down all those splendid shade-trees?<br /><br />I met some Austrians when I was living there who were happy to remind me that he wasn't German - my dorm was around the corner from an "old soldier" bar. <br />But the Germans were happy to support him while most of the <i>sehr anspruchsvoll</i> Viennese thought he was a frightful little bore.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79003430880615835662010-01-12T11:45:18.471-05:002010-01-12T11:45:18.471-05:00Re: The Austrians, it is good to remember they hav...Re: The Austrians, it is good to remember they have convinced the world that Hitler was a German.<br /><br />All The Best,<br />Frank W. JamesFrank W. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589579734134153159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83236650570856046022010-01-12T11:29:25.661-05:002010-01-12T11:29:25.661-05:00Oh, I don't know. Having been married to an au...Oh, I don't know. Having been married to an authentic, fresh-off-the-boat Krauter (a Swabian, no less) now for eight years, I can say with some certainty that it's not been boring...in a very stereotypically confrontational sort of way!theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81201071672169547542010-01-12T10:58:24.296-05:002010-01-12T10:58:24.296-05:00Aaron - Perhaps the French are always insufferable...Aaron - Perhaps the French are always insufferable, which is why the Germans invade them...Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61540347731341018322010-01-12T09:52:42.125-05:002010-01-12T09:52:42.125-05:00Hmmm... See my comment on Breda's site.Hmmm... See my comment on Breda's site.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50890629326506836872010-01-12T09:20:03.581-05:002010-01-12T09:20:03.581-05:00The problem is as the more boring the Germans, the...The problem is as the more boring the Germans, the more insufferable the French. <br /><br />The Germans are rather overdue to invade France again:<br /><br />War of the Seventh Coalition 1815<br />(55 Years)<br />Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871<br />(43 years)<br />First World War 1914-1918<br />(21 Years)<br />Second Word War 1939-1945<br /><br />So we have an average of about every 40 years, Germany invades France.<br /><br />We're well overdue, and the French are insufferable as a result.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85193641585666735122010-01-12T09:11:49.806-05:002010-01-12T09:11:49.806-05:00Let me guess: German ancestry?Let me guess: German ancestry?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32038783532778528882010-01-12T09:08:41.027-05:002010-01-12T09:08:41.027-05:00If that animal enzyme nurtures the sense of humor,...If that animal enzyme nurtures the sense of humor, I should be the funniest s.o.b. on the planet. Left to my own devices I would eat pig every morning and cow every night.<br /><br />But I don't get the funny in this quote...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com