Quote Originally Posted by jimmyscoular View Post
I was reading a biography of Napoleon recently when the author began describing the thousands of horses that had to be transported on hundreds of ships to support his wars in Egypt and across Europe. And it wasn't just the horses. It was their hay and horseshoes and all that shovelling of horsepoopoo. It just seemed overwhelming, and I thought, why bother?

Just stay home and enjoy the wine, the cheese and the ladies.

Warfare is a strange thing.
Noah's Ark must have stunk to high heaven and must have been saturated with urine.