Waterloo

Waterloo 15 June 1815

Wellington's aide spots a French rider approaching waving a white flag.

Aide : A rider approaches my Lord. He waves a white flag.

Wellington : Already? The buggers can't have given up already? Can they?

Aide: They are French my Lord, anything is possible.

The rider arrives.

Frenchman : Ze Emperor offers to settle this contest one on one with you direct Lord Wellington. Save the blood shed.

Wellington : I quite like the blood shed my old chap, why do you think I bother with this crap.?

Frenchman : The Emperor would like to play you at scissors, paper, stone.Winner takes all.

Wellington : Best of three?

Frenchman : Of course.

Aide : Careful my Lord. Boney is a cunning swine. Remember when he beat Nelson at eye spy?

Wellington : Not half, The Admiral could have lost an arm and leg over that game.

Aide: Well…

Frenchman : So my Lord – your answer?

Wellington : I say no, let the armies decide. My men will triumph.

Aide whispers in his ear.

Wellington : Unless.<beat> Unless Napoleon may consider Noughts and Crosses?

Ends

Hi Bigfella.

I'd been thinking I hadn't seen much your stuff up here lately. Super stuff.

My big laugh was the eye spy line, after that everything seemed lesser, but that's probably because I liked the eye spy line so much. Really liked the tone of it too.

Great fun BF.
And nice to see the History stuff back.

Quote: scratchyr @ December 17 2009, 9:29 PM GMT

Hi Bigfella.

I'd been thinking I hadn't seen much your stuff up here lately. Super stuff.

My big laugh was the eye spy line, after that everything seemed lesser, but that's probably because I liked the eye spy line so much. Really liked the tone of it too.

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Maybe I end it on eye spy

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ December 17 2009, 10:23 PM GMT

Great fun BF.
And nice to see the History stuff back.

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Cheers Steve

Like the eye spy line, but I would lose the arm and a leg one which does not really work.

I think Wellington needs to come up with a more cunning suggestion that gives him some advantage. Perhaps end the scene on "unless" and then cut to Boney standing in a field pulling off a boot while Wellington stands smugly by ready to wang his wellie.

These are great sketches BF. But I'd go along Timbo's line for the ending.

Like it but how about Wellington challenging Napoleon to a welly boot throwing contest?

Or something that takes advantage of Napoleon's lack of height?

Quote: Timbo @ December 18 2009, 11:17 AM GMT

Like the eye spy line, but I would lose the arm and a leg one which does not really work.

I think Wellington needs to come up with a more cunning suggestion that gives him some advantage. Perhaps end the scene on "unless" and then cut to Boney standing in a field pulling off a boot while Wellington stands smugly by ready to wang his wellie.

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I thought of wellie wanging in the first place don't know why I didn't go with it

Quote: SlagA @ December 18 2009, 3:08 PM GMT

These are great sketches BF. But I'd go along Timbo's line for the ending.

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Cheers Slag

Quote: Tony Cowards @ December 18 2009, 3:55 PM GMT

Like it but how about Wellington challenging Napoleon to a welly boot throwing contest?

Or something that takes advantage of Napoleon's lack of height?

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I thought about the height thing as well. I thought about the high jump.

Quote: Griff @ December 18 2009, 4:01 PM GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu5kX2hwDgk

(Just posted for interest's sake not as an accusation of plagiarism or anything)

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I remember that sketch, very funny.