Celebrating our veterans
Today, Americans celebrate Veterans’ Day, to commemorate their fallen warriors. We Eggs do that, too:
1. Second Punic War: Hannibal cobbled together many allies to fight the Romans, including the powerful Eggish tribes that lived in modern-day Switzerland. He used the Eggs while they were useful, but clearly Hannibal feared the might of the Eggish warrior. He had all his human allies attack us in the back, including trampling us with elephants. Cowards.
2. Battle of Kyoto, 1931: Okonomiyaki is a foul Japanese dish in which many eggs are killed to make a sort of “pancake” or “pizza”. In a bold strike against this atrocity, the famous rebel Tamago Katayude (卵 固ゆで) launched a coordinated attack against okonomiyaki restaurants in Kyoto. Eggs would launch themselves into the chefs’ faces, preventing them from being able to cook any okonomiyaki at all. It took two weeks for the “professional” Japanese army to put down the unequipped, amateur Eggish freedom fighters.
It’s obvious that one of the okonomiyaki chefs later must have become a high ranking Japanese commander in World War II and stole the suicide attack idea from Katayude.
3. The Denny’s Rebellion, 1976: In a Denny’s in Mobile, Alabama, the 105th Eggish Brigade formed to overwhelm the restaurant, and started to march on City Hall. Then the S.W.A.T. team showed up.
To celebrate their “victory”, Denny’s introduced the “Grand Slam” breakfast the following year. Humans still order Grand Slams today.
Love that pic! Mind if I set it as my desktop background?
Reply to QIt is so sad that because the victors write the history books, none of these supremely fascinating historical instances is taught in our Commie American schools! I did some Internet research and see that children in Singapore and Hong Kong schools (along with Burkina Fasso, for some reason) have a whole unit in World History that familiarizes these fortunate children with the long and storied history of Eggish Freedom Fighters.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, since I too am a product of the sub-par and Fascistic US school system. Eggs of the World, Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.
Reply to RobertThe elephants were notoriously difficult to control. Once they were set loose, they’d trample anyone in their path, regardless of their loyalties to Carthage, Rome, or Egg-kind.
I believe this to be propoganda. It’s falsified records of supposed war atrocities. Furthermore, I also believe Carthage must be destroyed.
Reply to AllenHi,
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Reply to Mary MillerNice try Mary, but your attempt to subvert the Egg to the cause of the Rigelians WILL NOT be allowed to happen. LEP works for us, baby, and I am declaring sarfak on you and your Rigelian Masters as of now. Better batten down the hatches.
Reply to Lizardoid Alpha KingI’m impressed that people find that this blog raises Chess awareness. I guess they really didn’t many of the entries. Furthermore, I also believe Carthage must be destroyed.
Reply to Allen@Q: Be my guest! Unfortunately, I can’t find a bigger version of the painting, which is supposed to depict the Battle of Zama. If you find a bigger version, I’ll make a proper wallpaper of it.
@Robert: You know the other funny thing? In every single battle, the eggs lost. It seems like that’s the kind of thing humans would want in history books (if we cared).
@Allen: *Wild Cheers*
@Mary: Your comment is on a post that contains eggs Photoshopped onto a painting. If that’s the kind of thing you want on americachess.com…well, maybe we can talk.
@Lizardoid Alpha King: Does it bother you that Bio Rex still hasn’t won an F-Zero Grand Prix?
@Allen: *Wild Cheers* (again)
Reply to DonnieNo, it does not. Since our kind will soon complete our takeover of this planet, we can afford to let the little things pass.
Carthago delenda est!
Reply to Lizardoid Alpha KingThis planet? Ha! You may have advanced weaponry, but we have William Shatner.
And *wild cheers*.
Reply to DonnieBio Rex? Isn’t he the same guy in that fight scene in Star Trek?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSno7_DcNyw&feature=fvw
Furthermore, I also believe Carthage must be destroyed!
Reply to AllenHahahaha, I think you’re right.
And *wild cheers*
Reply to DonnieThe situation is looking bad. William Shatner is our only defense against lizard kind. According to this video, if they were in a battle, Shatner’s only hope is to get in a fist fight to box the lizard’s ears.
How would you say the battle went though? A draw? Or was that Shatner running in cowardice?
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
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