Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And did you hear the story about the German reaction during a soccer match with the Highlanders when the Germans discovered what the Highlanders really wear under their kilts ? Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: Mark Rabiner offered: > My Grandfather was over there also in The Great War he was a neurologist. > They'd climb in a biplane and fly across the lines to party on the German > side because that's where all the good parties were. Everybody knew that. > This is a "family story" so may not be true as family stories are family > stories. But I have a hunch there's a ring of truth to it.<<< Mark I'd not be the least surprised at this kind of partying in The Great War. If there's such a thing as a civilized war, I think there are many examples illustrating how both sides related to each other while sharing a common bond of life. Unfortunately they also shared the same bond of trying to kill each other. :-( There are Christmas Eve stories about the Canadians at Vimy ridge and the German trenches so close that on Christmas Eve they stopped shooting at each other. Then broke out singing the same Christmas hymns or carols together in English and German. At day break they went back to battle! Damn we humans are a crazy lot! ted _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.