Klaiber Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 http://www.cracked.com/article_19981_the-5-most-embarrassing-failures-in-history-war.html The Australian Army Loses to Emus, reads the title of #5. Yup. Emus... http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/18/the-emu-war-of-1932/ Had me shaking my head in disbelief... Klaiber's favorite quote of the day: "If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds' date=' it would face any army in the world. They could face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks."[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Here's the one I was looking for in the first place. Quite well summarized: For those that like their news in gritty black and white newsreels and bad acting: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Haha. A cautionary tale as to why you don't feed emus: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 She called the water buffalo, water moccasins. She could have just rolled up the window... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yeah, I noticed that. It made me wonder if she called water moccasins, water buffalo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I mentioned the Great Emu War last night in Rise of Flight practice. (Not quite sure how Emu's came up). Either way, no one knew what I was talking about. So I thought I'd bump this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Another great quote from this whole thing: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/great-emu-war-1932/ Someone asked in parliament whether or not medals would be given out for this war—another noted that medals should be given to the emus, who had “won every round so far.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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