classic33
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Bit of a trek to his workshop i Colorado though.
Odd factoids
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classic33
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Drago
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Universal Soldier is a documentary.
The men’s fragrance, ‘Sauvage’, is made by fermenting pork delicacies from a butcher’s shop in Ealing. The name is simply a typing error, it was originally “Eau de Sausage"
Drago
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Hitler banned sausages from the Third Reich, which was a blow for the knockwurst loving Hun. The reasons for the Fuhrer order are unclear, but it is speculated that Eva Braun had an affair with the guy that runs the butchers shop.
classic33
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Sausage Duel
A man brandishing his sausage like a weapon is normally just looking for trouble, but in the case of Rudolf Virchow, using his sausage in a threatening manner may actually have saved his life when he was about to be killed in a duel. But let’s backtrack a little to explain.
In frustration, Bismarck challenged Virchow to a duel. This was not good news for Virchow. Bismark was an excellent shot and Virchow’s knowledge of pistols was shaky at best—he was surely a dead man. But Virchow wasn’t finished yet. He had intelligence…and sausages!
Details are sketchy, but several biographies relate that Virchow, being the challenged party, was entitled to choose the weapons for the duel, and chose sausages as his weapon of choice.
One sausage was normal and the other, though appearing identical, was loaded with deadly Trichinella larvae. Bismarck was to choose a sausage and eat it and Virchow would eat the remaining sausage. With his cunning sausage strategy, Virchow had improved his survival chances to an even 50 percent. Bismarck, perhaps reluctantly, withdrew his challenge and Virchow’s sausage saved his life.
A man brandishing his sausage like a weapon is normally just looking for trouble, but in the case of Rudolf Virchow, using his sausage in a threatening manner may actually have saved his life when he was about to be killed in a duel. But let’s backtrack a little to explain.
In frustration, Bismarck challenged Virchow to a duel. This was not good news for Virchow. Bismark was an excellent shot and Virchow’s knowledge of pistols was shaky at best—he was surely a dead man. But Virchow wasn’t finished yet. He had intelligence…and sausages!
Details are sketchy, but several biographies relate that Virchow, being the challenged party, was entitled to choose the weapons for the duel, and chose sausages as his weapon of choice.
One sausage was normal and the other, though appearing identical, was loaded with deadly Trichinella larvae. Bismarck was to choose a sausage and eat it and Virchow would eat the remaining sausage. With his cunning sausage strategy, Virchow had improved his survival chances to an even 50 percent. Bismarck, perhaps reluctantly, withdrew his challenge and Virchow’s sausage saved his life.
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Which takes us neatly back to post #1.
raleighnut
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So are we now on lap two.
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Well I did start the thread, yes.
I have long since not followed this thread (wouldn't have spotted your post if you hadn't paged me) as although there is a certain wit in many of the posts, as I think I said upthread many moons ago I find true surprising stuff way way more interesting. Which was why I started it.
But I don't of course own the thread or have any authority.
Let it go its own way if it will and I'll go somewhere else for interesting stuff.
Maybe you could start another one? If it stays on topic (the rich wonderland of true oddity) I may pop into it.
all the best
sooty
classic33
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Re-run!
Drago
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The band Saxon, were all killed by Vikings in AD 979.
