From: imbibe@mindspring.com   
      
   What were Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, the US, and the Soviet Union   
   best known for during WWII?   
   answered by James Pearson, 5 years ago   
   There’s a joke from WWII:   
   If you have unknown troops in front of you and you want to find out who they   
   are, fire a few rounds in their direction.   
      
   If you are met with precision machine gun fire, they’re German.   
      
   If you are met by a volley of precision rifle fire, they are British.   
      
   If they surrender, they’re Italian.   
      
   If there is a mass wave of infantry and tanks, they’re Russian.   
      
   If there is a bayonet and sword charge, they’re Japanese.   
      
   If everything is quiet for a minute or two, and suddenly you are in the middle   
   of a massive artillery barrage and air strikes, they are American.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)