Thursday 19 July 2007

Cry 'Havoc' And Let Slip The Badgers, Squirrels and Pigeons of War

GIANT BADGERS have been unleashed by the British in southern Iraq to savage the locals...

Meanwhile Iranian intelligence operatives have arrested OVER A DOZEN SQUIRRELS who were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic.

Now you may think that this is all highly unlikely, but it is well documented that the Royal Air Force (Gawd Bless 'em) planned to use SUICIDE PIGEONS to kill the bosche (in WWII, of course, such things are frowned upon now, even in the RAF), so there's a clear precedent. I for one intend to write to the MoD and demand answers. First among which is 'How many British soldiers are currently hospitalised with Badger and Squirrel bite injuries?'

Now, not being the most litterary of people, I was obliged to look up the 'Cry Havoc' quote in order to get the grammar right, and found a website that claims that 'HAVOC!' was an order in the middle ages, used to direct the soldiery 'to pillage and chaos'.

This cannot be correct.

What self respecting soldier, anywhere, in any army in any age, required an order to engage in pillage and chaos!

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