Military band joke
An evening pause: One marching band from Britain is performing to an Italian audience when a band representing the Italian Bersaglieri (mobile light infantry who traditionally run at a trot instead of march) arrives to upstage them.
Silly and staged, but fun nonetheless.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
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Reminds me of this classic scene from the movie Patton:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=patton+meets+montgomery+in+sardinia&view=detail&mid=B7C4ECDF93DABB2A7CDFB7C4ECDF93DABB2A7CDF&FORM=VRRTAP
Thanks, Bob!
That was so fun and light-hearted. I wish we’d see more of this in this pandemic lockdown.
The Bersaglieri – Italy’s elite light infantry – are instantly recognizable by their feathered headgear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersaglieri
Another prank by military musicians
https://youtu.be/M1GJtFULzyQ
Jody Calls-cadences that is- are amusing.
One from The Marines ends with “and Popeye was a sissy too!”
Submarines beat the carrier groupies in wargames. Stay off the third deck-and try to hide if you never crossed the Equator. Marines don’t grumble-that’s for the Army…they have good reason to…SEALS get all the press and a swelled head…and everyone hates the Air Force. That is all. Carry on.