It is indeed true that the First World War was a very cosy-comfy war for the Germans. Attend to the following corroborating story: A German officer gathers members of his unit, behind enemy lines, together for an important message: "Zo, ay hav goot nyewz, und ... ay hav bad nyewz. .... Zee goot nyewz first: Evereevun vil hav a new change of soks! Yes, yes!! Now for zee bad nyewz: .... Freetz, you change soks mit Olaf; Olaf you change mit Friederich; und so weiter .... Valter K. Okshevsky Haupt-General und Herr Doktor Professor, Amerikanische Lager, Sonnenstrasse, Muenchen, DE Quoting David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mar 9, 2007, at 5:33 PM, Robert Paul wrote: > > Once his parents came > > from Germany to visit him, Papi und Mutti. At dinner one evening, Mutti > > said to me, 'Der erste Weltkrieg war ein gemütlich Krieg.' > > > > > Please don't leave us there. What on earth did you say in response? > > My gast is flabbered, and yet I can guess what she meant: Less harm to > civilians and prisoners, live and let live sections of the front, > knights of the air usw. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html