On the first morning of the Battle of the Somme, thousands of British soldiers had to climb out of their trenches and walk across open ground straight into German machine-gun fire. To keep his own men from freezing, a 21-year-old captain named Billie Nevill gave them footballs to kick and chase the whole way across - with a prize for the first platoon to get its ball into the German trench.
@pipandbaby@SvenTystnad When CD's first came out, I drove 2 hrs to buy a player and my first 3 discs:
REM - Murmur
Dire Straights - Making Movies
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
They were like $20 each
I still have all 3.
@awstar11@lawler4ny This is just a twist on the appeal for mercy as an orphan after shooting your parents line.
Abandon your country to the gangs and then claim it's too dangerous to return because only gangsters live there.
@babe_freedom@realBrandonGill Someone on food stamps becoming obese and developing type 2 diabetes is the problem we're trying to prevent. The answer isn't to hand them a Coke.
@ScotsFyre I don't know about that.
Islamic countries won't accept Palestinians. Pakistan just forced out 100's of thousands of Afghans.
Maybe he's onto something!