2 Which always involved lots of oddly dressed Brits doing asomething incomprehensible on a playing field,
3 And never getting upset when they lost,
4 Whether they lost at bcricket,
5 Or crugby,
6 Or dfootball,
7 Or epolo,
8 Or fgolf,
9 Or anything else,
10 Except wars, of course,
11 gBecause Brits never lose wars,
12 Which maybe explains why they were always such a good sport in any contest where world dominion wasn't on the line,
13 hAnd maybe also explains why nobody else has ever understood the Brit definition of fair play,
14 Since it seems to occur only when there are no foreigners on the field,
15 In games that nobody but Brits want to play.
CHAPTER 481 Of course, while it was obvious to the Brits that they were way ahead on points in the irace to be the Chosen Nation,
2 And had been for quite some time,
3 jThe way they read the rules, anyway,
4 There were still other nations who thought the Brits had just been lucky,
5 For quite some time,
6 kAnd might be getting tired of being raised, educated, and killed in the hardest possible way,
7 For centuries.
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8 lIn particular, the Germans thought they had discovered a new way of being the Chosen Nation,
9 mWhich was to do everything the big way.
10 nFor example, the Germans got the idea that if there could be a really big war,
11 oInvolving everybody,
12 pAnd the Germans won it big,
13 qThey would automatically become the Chosen Nation.
14 For this reason, the German ruler,
15 Called rKaiser Wilhelm,
16 sGot some German munitions manufacturers to help him start World War I,
17 tWhich almost backfired when the French tried to start it first,
18 uBut soon settled down to become a really big war,
19 With lots of really big armies involved,
20 Shooting off lots of really big guns,
21 Resulting in lots of really big casualties,
22 vAnd then lots of really big cemeteries,
23 All over the world.
CHAPTER 491 wBeing outnumbered, the Brits fought very well in xWorld War I,
2 And because the big way of having a war turned out to be an exceptionally hard way to have a war,
3 It yeventually resulted in another Brit victory,
4 Which unfortunately had to be shared,
5 zJust a little,
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