>I remember a joke right after WWII. “Surplus Italian Army Rifles for sale. Never fired and dropped only once”.
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>No matter how you slice it war is sick!
It seems that in jokes (and probably otherwise), the Germans considered their Italian allies as cowards. I have no idea how close this perception was to reality. One joke I remember well (origin: German, during the war) said that Italy had given Greece an ultimatum. If they didn't surrender, Germany would attack immediately.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
