If World War One was a Bar Fight...

[Red October1984]

Saw this on FB....thought it was pretty good.

Link

EDIT: Similar piece on CollegeHumor about WW2 on Facebook. Warning: Language

WW2 on Facebook

[gordonmull]

Had to share that one on FB myself. Sums it up quite well.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by gordonmull

Had to share that one on FB myself. Sums it up quite well.

You should look through the rest of the history of the world on CollegeHumor.

It's all similar stuff and it's brilliant.

[Dan D]

What about this opinion piece:

Pokémon.

Just kidding:

How Germany planned the First World War

What is with this?

[Jimbuna]

A few more links:

http://www.tentimesone.com/if-world-...s-a-bar-fight/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easte...were_bar_fight

The above link includes a follow-up

In 1944, during WWII, a reception took place in Rio de Janeiro and the Hungarian ambassador was among the invitees. The Ambassador, wearing the ceremonial uniform, entered the room and performed a Nazi salute. The host of the reception, an influential banker, took notice of the ambassador and approached him.

“Your Excellency, you greeted with Heil Hitler. I suppose that people of your country belong to the Nordic race?”
The Ambassador replied, “No, we are of the Mongolian origin.”
The Banker was curious and continued. “I see, so your country must be situated in Asia?”
“No, Hungary is part of Central Europe.”
“I know that there is a war going on in Central Europe. Is Hungary involved in that?”
“Yes, indeed. We are fighting against the Soviet Union”
“And do you have any territorial claims against the Soviet Union?”
“No, we don't have any territorial claims against the Soviets. However, we do have them against Romania and Slovakia.”
“So, Romania and Slovakia must be your enemies then?”
“No, they are our allies.”
The banker got slightly confused by Ambassador's answers, but he eventually spotted a royal badge on his uniform and went on asking, “I reckon that Hungary is a kingdom. How is your King doing?”
“We do not have a King. We are ruled by an Admiral.”
“An Admiral? Hungary must have an access to the sea then.”
“No. We are a landlocked state.”
The banker got puzzled even more. “Anyway, how is your Admiral?”
“He has been captured by the Germans.”
“They are also your enemies?”
“No, the Germans are our greatest allies and friends.”
The banker was completely lost. “Damn! I really don't get it. You are living in the landlocked kingdom in the heart of Europe, which is ruled by an Admiral, who was captured by his greatest friends. You are fighting a country, which you don't want a single acre of land from. On the other hand, you have territorial claims against your allies. What a bizarre situation is that!” “Sir, that's a new European order.”|

[Herr-Berbunch]

The WWII one has been posted before by me in the funny pic thread, although I did edit its language first.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

The WWII one has been posted before by me in the funny pic thread, although I did edit its language first.

They're pretty good. I read through all of CollegeHumor's History pages... There's a lot of language in those...but they're on there.

[Cybermat47]

The stuff about the Australians and the Turks is just about right.