Guest phoenix Posted January 14, 2000 Share Posted January 14, 2000 I saw a TV show that talked about a time where the British used a form of warfare that was later banned. It was referred to as "Joke Warfare" and it seemed to be very effective. I swear, this was on an English TV show on PBS I have no reason to doubt it's validity. The army got interested in this type of warfare after a gentleman wrote the joke and died in the process. The show said that it had a devastating impact up to a range of 50 yards. The army then translated it into German and issued copies of it to troops who used it with great success in the Ardennes. Since this was such an effective weapon I was wondering if CM would model it. I have a copy of the German version of the joke here. A word of caution to any Germans, do not look at the joke as it is apparently very dangerous. "Wenn ist das Nunstrück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! .. Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!" Anyway, since I can't read German I am safe from it's effects. I would love to be able to load up a half track with a big speaker on it and blast the krauts with the joke. Well Steve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoop88 Posted January 14, 2000 Share Posted January 14, 2000 Sounds like some comical idea "Monty" came up with. Probably the product of an "Idle" mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted January 14, 2000 Share Posted January 14, 2000 ARGH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Wilder Posted January 14, 2000 Share Posted January 14, 2000 Uh oh! We just lost Moon. He must be able to read German. Another scenario designer bites the dust! ------------------ Wild Bill Wild Bill's Raiders Director of Scenario Design, The Gamers Net billw@thegamers.net http://wbr.thegamers.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPick Posted January 14, 2000 Share Posted January 14, 2000 Hmm.. As we say in England: Eine was für Eingabe des alten tosh! Es ain't wirklicher Jerry an allen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunnerdream Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Definitely a "Python"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Maragoudakis Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 No effect here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutral Party Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Perhaps the joke has been assembled incorrectly. At the design stage it was found through bitter experience that having too much of the joke present in any one place could cause a dangerous build up of humor. There was a notorius case of three joke artificers, each of whom had been working on a small (non-lethal) segment of the joke. Over tea one afternoon these three men managed to piece together a "critical mass" of the joke and had to be hospitalized. They were prescribed the at-the-time radical therapy of being forced to listen to endless routines from a little-known English comedian called Arthur Askey. Eventually this resulted in a cure, but with the unfortunate side-effect that the men completely lost their sense of humor. However this eventually paid dividends when they were selected as the script-writing team for the David Letterman show. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 I just had a minor heart attack, since it's been many years since I actively studied German, and I was never fluent anyway (despite having studied for 12 years and having a minor in it) DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 You fools, you're communicating unencrypted! From here, it was a simple matter to use the German-to-English auto-translator at http://translator.go.com/ which yielded the following... !!!Spoiler Alert Below- You have been Warned!!! If the Nunstrueck is git and Slotermeyer? Yes! Beiherhund the or the Flipperwaldt gersput! Now we know your little secret.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Wow...thanks gor the translator URL... Now I can kid MaxM in German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Yep, that's a Monty Python sketch. The joke is totally meaningless. First ever episode I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 My dog has no nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Number One: The Larch. {insert mental image of tree here} The Larch. DjB [This message has been edited by Doug Beman (edited 01-14-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Hey Beman! I got the image of the larch when you made the pretty picture. no need for imagination when you've got pounds and percents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 That's odd. According to my view, my attempt at a tree came out totally garbled. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWIIRulz Posted January 15, 2000 Share Posted January 15, 2000 Was bedeutet dieser Saying zu uns Amerikaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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