I don't think that was the main joke--but the typo, assuming it was, enhanced the joke infinitely, although an additional reference to turning around 360 degrees would have added even more hilarity.
The dogs of war are loose - well, a bulldog and poodle, at least. The first, a decrepit, toothless hound, the latter, a pampered mutt fresh from parisien salons.
The bear is baited but - this is the kicker - it is free from the stake and isn’t in a mood to negotiate.
Europe descends into debt and economic torpor, the US sets sail for manifest idiocy and we all get to huddle by our screens and watch the world go up in flames.
Feeling queasy? Got that churning vertigo called history in the breaking?
What to do? Where to go?
Maybe there is an isle out there we can all swim too. Sleepy palms and golden sands. Somewhere we can all start again?
Might be time to take up holy orders. Cancel the internet. Take up gardening and crochet. Anything but this.
What happens when you find yourself in this version of Europe or wake up stranded in Trump’s version of the new world?
Hilarious! You forgot to mention the EU order for citizens to have on-hand an emergency bag of supplies to last 3 days, enough to see us through any nuclear catastrophe 😀
"Footage from the security cameras of the "Magellan" restaurant in Kryvyi Rih at the moment a Russian missile struck. No military personnel are present - no Ukrainian soldiers or military instructors. Only civilians."
It took Germans six-seven years to rearm 1933-1939, but the German military had been carefully licking their wounds, thinking, planning, and designing new weapons since the end of WW1. Germany was still the top industrial nation in Europe. Germany still had lots of natural resources and a large number of men with military experience. Today's Europe or Germany does not have these kind of capacity.
Excellent! But also it seems alarmingly close to reality 🤔
Well done, took me a few paras.
It's an obvious typo, but the reference to "borders of 1891" made me chuckle. Make Warsaw, Helsinki, and Reval Russia again!
That’s the joke
I don't think that was the main joke--but the typo, assuming it was, enhanced the joke infinitely, although an additional reference to turning around 360 degrees would have added even more hilarity.
Boy was I shocked! A great April Fool's "joke".
I started reading and believed it was from the mouth of Fond of Lyin’ and then realised it was a joke 😆Good one, Mr Proud!!
The dogs of war are loose - well, a bulldog and poodle, at least. The first, a decrepit, toothless hound, the latter, a pampered mutt fresh from parisien salons.
The bear is baited but - this is the kicker - it is free from the stake and isn’t in a mood to negotiate.
Europe descends into debt and economic torpor, the US sets sail for manifest idiocy and we all get to huddle by our screens and watch the world go up in flames.
Feeling queasy? Got that churning vertigo called history in the breaking?
What to do? Where to go?
Maybe there is an isle out there we can all swim too. Sleepy palms and golden sands. Somewhere we can all start again?
Might be time to take up holy orders. Cancel the internet. Take up gardening and crochet. Anything but this.
What happens when you find yourself in this version of Europe or wake up stranded in Trump’s version of the new world?
What a shit show it is.
Let's hope the island isn't Pitcairn and the ship, The Bounty! This is mutiny, Mr Christian! (Watch out for the kids...)
Recall that line by Christian to Captain Bligh: ‘You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to…’
I always loved Brando in that role. Conflicted, impossibly handsome, at the height of his powers.
We need a mutiny. But are the crew mutinous enough?
Every day is April fools now in Europe. Sad but true.
You made me smile this morning. Who will save the spaghetti trees?
Hilarious! You forgot to mention the EU order for citizens to have on-hand an emergency bag of supplies to last 3 days, enough to see us through any nuclear catastrophe 😀
Excellent Satire
Great article. Never a truer word said (written) in jest.
Epic Satire.
A+ 😁
Brilliant! Thanks for the chuckle.
The warmongers are the Russians.
"Nuclear threats on Russian state TV"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKXxNN9VCpU&list=PLLWQyEN3YRo4-iEM1Ow5BnZsTUHa4AQxp
"Footage from the security cameras of the "Magellan" restaurant in Kryvyi Rih at the moment a Russian missile struck. No military personnel are present - no Ukrainian soldiers or military instructors. Only civilians."
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3lm7txncwks24
"The Rhyming of History & Russian aggression
Looking back to February 1947 as a lesson for February 2022"
https://mountainrunner.substack.com/p/the-rhyming-of-history-and-russian
"Putin Wages War Against the Democratic World
A reminder of past Russian aggression"
https://camarra.substack.com/p/putin-wages-war-against-the-democratic
It took Germans six-seven years to rearm 1933-1939, but the German military had been carefully licking their wounds, thinking, planning, and designing new weapons since the end of WW1. Germany was still the top industrial nation in Europe. Germany still had lots of natural resources and a large number of men with military experience. Today's Europe or Germany does not have these kind of capacity.