The real reason for the whole thing was that it was just too much effort not to have a war

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Great headline :)

That's what happens when you're "keepin' it real."

The war started because of a ham sandwich. True story.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: The real reason for the whole thing was that it was just too much effort not to have a war

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Holy crap. That's Hugh Laurie. Lulz!

phyrkrakr: Yeah, Stephen Fry was in Blackadder Goes Forth as well, along with Tony Robinson and...dammit, I forget who played Captain Darling. Same guy who played Percy in the first two and was mostly gone in the third.

I still can't decide if I like Blackadder the Second or Blackadder Goes Forth better, they're both pretty awesome. I kinda think Laurie outweighs the Queen, though, and the episode with Flashheart in IV is just amazing.

I'd heard of it (mostly from Farkers) but never seen any. Looks like there's a whole bunch on Google vids. Looks hilarious. Woot!

I'll just geek-out and say that origins of WW1 are one of the most fascinating areas of study and it is interesting that almost 100 years later there are few 'winning' theories that can cover all that happened in the span of time that it occured. Someone looking for a singular "Who is to blame for the War?" will be sorely disappointed.

The one thing I *think* would have been critical is if A-H had given Serbia a reasonable amount of time to respond to the July Ultimatum (as opposed to, oh, 3 days) then things may not have played out as they did. As it was, events seemed to keep moving much faster than the Old School diplomacy's ability to keep informed (or just keep up, in general).

GinnyTonic: Click for the whole thing.

THAT was frakkin' awesome. Thank. :)

I want to know when are they going to apologize and pay reparations for all the scat videos they put on the internet.