Kaiser Wilhelm had long set his eyes on England, the glorious isle his ancestors had coveted for centuries. And with his military prowess growing by the minute, embellished by the outlandish steam-age contraptions of Count Von Zeppelin, conquest was closer at hand than ever.
The one thing that kept the Kaiser from invading immediately was the acerbic English wit.
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Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld came often – I mean pretty close – to conquering England. A clever well-written piece once again!
Yeah, I thought about using Prince Albert for the punchline, but finding a good anagram proved a bit cumbersome 😉
Brilliant! The acerbic British wit won the war before anyone got hurt. Well, maybe Kaiser Wilhelm’s ego got bruised a little.
Nice clever wordplay there. 😀
I really enjoyed this clever story, Dieter. I’m in awe of your ability with words.
Very impressive!
You are clever!
It’s what we pride ourselves on! This is a great little story, very well written!
You spelled majestic* wrong at the end, but I LOVED the story. Especially the anagram parts 🙂
Duly corrected. Thanks for noticing 🙂
Looks like you had fun with this one.
I certainly did 🙂
How funny! 😀 I wish I could do what Hans Spitzel-Kundschafter does
So no German has been able to conquer England because…their ego is too big? Nice one 😉 I liked it a lot.
Amazing.
Ha Ha, I liked that…and maybe it’s really true!
Quite clever!
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