History repeating itself

[Haitch]

The French have given in early, the USA arrived at the last minute and the English have been left to fight the Germans.

 

[Yellow Fang]

None of this, I keep wishing the tabloids would lay off the war analogies.

 

[Aperitif]

The French have given in early, the USA arrived at the last minute and the English have been left to fight the Germans.

 

[Smokin Joe]

And the Italians are running round like headless chickens.

 

[Aperitif]

<Cue Italian tanks joke...>

 

[Aperitif]

According to Wikipedia, one innovative aspect of the design of the Fiat M11/39 tank was the mounting of the final reduction gears inside the front-mounted drive sprockets.

It doesn't say if they only worked in reverse though...

...you mean the tank with one forward gear in case the enemy attacked from behind..? Oh! - I understand Mort.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That joke is well pasta its sell by date

 

[trustysteed]

the inventors were cunning linguinists.

 

[Aperitif]

"The same old line" some might say - roughly translated as 'semolina'.

 

[trustysteed]

the tank couold stop pretty quickly with it's carbonara disk brakes

 

[Aperitif]

But would have been useless on the spaghetti western front!

 

[Davidc]

Stop taking the pizza.

 

[trustysteed]

their plans on european domination are unravioling before their eyes.