French Uniforms

[LW]

Ha! And halberds would seem a tad dangerous for crowd control purposes.

I don't know whether you know this, but since the year 1500 or so, halberds were used almost exclusively for crowd control. Though, the crowd was usually an infantry formation and the controller was a sergeant whose job was to ensure that every men stayed where should be.

 

[LW]

Now, looking more closely at the uniform pictures that have been posted on this thread I made an interesting observation: none of the French uniforms have brown pants but the only American example has them. Maybe Richard G made a simple mistake and mixed up the nationalities in the story.

 

[richardm]

How about these guys, the Beefeaters. Did you know they are all gay? That is how they got their name.

Just to clarify: They are not all gay. They got their name because of their habit of going into battle in yellow and black stripes (vestiges of which can still be seen on their uniform).

They looked, to fanciful Tudors, like bees or wasps; hence "Bee Fighters", which over the centuries was corrupted to "Beefeaters".

[/end lies]

 

[a_unique_person]

Just to clarify: They are not all gay. They got their name because of their habit of going into battle in yellow and black stripes (vestiges of which can still be seen on their uniform).

They looked, to fanciful Tudors, like bees or wasps; hence "Bee Fighters", which over the centuries was corrupted to "Beefeaters".

[/end lies]

Actually, it was an old Barry Humphries joke, but your explanation sounds just as plausible.

 

[Mike B.]

When I first heard that pants joke it was about the Italian Army (World War II, I suppose).

I suppose it gets constantly re-cycled.

Don't worry next time the US loses a war or something, an American will be substituted.