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Hey dude, are you doing requests?
I might, depending on what you want, currently working on two other requests though
Ok so here's a funny one. The story of the Captain of Köpenick:
Wilhelm Voigt, a Prussian (later German) scumbag, was born in Tilsit, 1849. 14 years later, he was sent to jail for two weeks for stealing things. He was kicked out of school, and became his father's assistant in shoemaking. For the next 25 years, the man would go in and out of prison for thefts and forgery.
He was finally released in 1906, and as soon as he was out, he began planning his next move. After observing the mindless discipline of the German Army of the time, the little bastard came up with a brilliant idea. He went off to a few pawn shops and tailors, and spent most of his money on buying a Prussian officer's uniform, complete with a sword, hat and equipment required.
A few days later, he quit his job, put on the uniform and waltzed into some barracks. With his best impersonation of 'Officer speak', he gathered ten soldiers, and set off on a train to the town of Köpenick, east of Berlin. He then guided his small army into the town hall. 'arrested' the mayor and treasurer under 'crooked bookkeeping' charges, 'confiscated' about 4000 marks with a forged receipt (signed under the name of his former jail director) and sent the soldiers off with the prisoners back to Berlin.
Once the coast was clear, the bugger ditched the uniform and ran off with the booty.
After a short investigation, the army found Voigt and sent him back to jail, sentenced to four years for forgery, impersonating an officer and wrongful imprisonment of the mayor and treasurer.
But it doesn't stop there. On August, 1908, the Kaiser, amused by this guy's daring fuckery, pardoned and released him from jail. Four days later, a wax figure of the guy was presented to the Unter den Linden museum. Of course, without anyone inviting him, Voigt walked in there and signed autographs. For the following months, Voigt toured around Dresden, Vienna and Budapest, disregarding the fact that he was banned from most theatres and museums. He even ended up in Madame Tussaud's museum in London.
And to top it off, he now has a bloody STATUE erected in his name, just outside the town hall where he stole the money. I'm starting to like German humour.
The Battle of Karánsebes. No explanations needed.
A smart man joins the artillery, a [forgot name but relates to nature] nature-lover joins the cavalry, a lazy man joins the navy, a fool joins the army.
A DANDY joins the Cavalry.
