One of my favourite WW1 films...

[33LIMA 972]

'Oh! What a Lovely War!' is a bit Brighton Pier-based and trades heavily on the 'lions led by donkeys' theme but it's a great source of the British songs of the period, many of which show that the irrepressible 'squaddie humour' has been around from at least the days they called 'squaddies', 'Tommies':

 

 

 

 

All together now, 'When this lousy war is over, no more soldiering for me...I shall kiss the Sergeant Major, how I'll miss him, how he'll grieve!'

Edited September 4, 2011 by 33LIMA

[+whiteknight06604 934]

I always try to see this on the rare ocasions they play it on TV

[Olham 164]

Very romantic, to kiss the Sergeant Major! The "Bordeauxred Baron" would probably say:

"Ze Englanders have a senze for ze bizarre surely!"

 

Here is how the Great War almost ended in 1917:

 

[Hauksbee 103]

I couldn't believe it when I saw that ending for the first time. My reaction was: "No! You can't do this to me." Blackadder always weasels his way clear.