tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post8562785966109430613..comments2024-03-25T14:31:26.370-04:00Comments on Anton's Wargame Blog: On FunnelsAnton Ryzbakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-40237972149822098462013-01-28T13:41:42.447-05:002013-01-28T13:41:42.447-05:00Great, I just spit coffee all over my wife's k...Great, I just spit coffee all over my wife's keyboard! <br /><br />Pat G, you are killing me<br /><br />Thant was brilliant!Anton Ryzbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-63518402859994438052013-01-28T13:06:47.451-05:002013-01-28T13:06:47.451-05:00Overshadowed by the more glamorous Dreadnought arm...Overshadowed by the more glamorous Dreadnought arms race, the Funnel Wars were a little known but important destabilizing force in Europe that ultimately lead to the Great War. In a bid to out do each other, the European powers added funnel after funnel to their warships in some cases it is rumoured, adding false funnels in a desperate attempt to one up their neighbours. <br /><br />The Funnel Wars came to a rather embarrassing end when while reviewing the French Fleet the great actress Sarah Bernhardt remarked: "The sign of a true Frenchman is not how many funnels he has, but how he uses the one he has already got."<br /><br /><br />PatGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379668269395518541noreply@blogger.com