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"So are the charges primed?... Right, well show those Robot Wars Johnnies how to win a fight"
Avoid imitations
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The "Dwarves in Tanks" idea proved to be a complete flop when all of them turned over during initial field trials.
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"Plan is that the enemy see these tiny tanks but thinking they are still miles away, hold their fire. So we always get to shoot first!"
"Shoot - what with?"
"Oops...!"
"Shoot - what with?"
"Oops...!"
Fed up that the last homing pigeon had become another dinner for General Melchett the British army devised a way to armor plate the birds. However only Captain Blackadder foresaw the lift versus weight problem
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Dashed clever idea that for getting lunch to the front line. We'll call it... Deliverstew!
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"Well, the spec was for a tracked anti-personnel weapon and you cannot fault BAe's logic, because since they were delivered we have done nothing but trip over the damned things"
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"They can't be built by Daihatsu, because theirs is a fourtrak"
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