214 years ago today, the shortest war in recorded human history took place

[derby378]

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted approximately 40 minutes and is the shortest war in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

[Enrique]

1. who won? n/t

[derby378]

2. Dude, there's a link...

I'll give you a hint: The winners had more ships.

[Massacure]

3. The winners had more ships?

Does that mean North Korea can beat the U.S. navy if they build a million canoes? :evilgrin:

[Iggo]

4. More ships, eh?

Hmmm...that seems like it's an important clue.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Dude, I think you're full of ship

(Some days the gags just write themselves)

[yesphan]

5. Didn't know

they had machine guns 214 years ago.
Good thing the Confederates didn't find out about them.

:)

[NeedleCast]

9. Machine Guns (by definition) have been around for over 300 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun

There actually were some machine guns (Gatling type guns) used in the civil war but they were incredibly expensive (for the time) and not terribly reliable. The confederates knew about them, they just weren't cost-effective at the time.

[yesphan]

10. Thanks

for the info.
I was actually making a roundabout comment on the authors arithmetic.

[geardaddy]

6. So, this is the way the Bush cabal thought Iraq would go? n/t

[SpiralHawk]

14. "Hey, Iraq is all over, ain't it?" - xCommander AWOL (R)

"I mean, Republicon cronies scored beaucoup megabucks in our Meaningless Crusade for WMP (Warchests of Mega Profits), and that's all that really mattered. Too bad and stuff (smirk) about all the dead and maimed Iraqis and Americans."

- xCommander AWOL (R)

[Javaman]

7. Check your math...

114 years ago.

[derby378]

11. Oops!

Sorry... :dunce:

[Iggo]

12. Nice hat.

I like it!

[derby378]

13. Believe me, I've earned it

:hi:

[geardaddy]

8. Wouldn't that be 100 years ago?

:shrug: