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The idea for this gag came from the movie BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI...

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Bridge on the River Kwai, 

Colonel Saito told Colonel Nicholson that if the bridge was not completed on schedule, he (Saito) would be shamed and have to commit "seppuku", or ritual suicide. What was Nicholson's response to Saito's question of "what would you do if you were me?"


"I'd have to kill myself.". "I supposed if I were you, I'd have to kill myself". While Saito stared in disbelief, Nicholson followed that with a raised shot glass and "Cheers." I always loved that line. Saito was adamant that the British officers must work alongside the enlisted men, in defiance of the Geneva Conventions, to which Nicholson was just as adamantly opposed, in accordance with same. Saito was convinced this was why the work was behind schedule.


During one of the early showdowns between the two opposing commanders (Saito and Nicholson), what was NOT one of the reasons that Colonel Saito, the camp commander, gave for hating the British?


They made jokes that were not funny.. Saito just could not get over the fact that Nicholson would not allow his officers to do manual labor, in defiance of the Geneva Conventions. Saito, in accordance with the Japanese warriors code of Bushido, felt that the Geneva Conventions were a "coward's code".
 
 
 Times were way different for the Japanese back in those days.  World War II may have been the last "Gentleman's War".  Back then we actually fought for God and Country and fought other nations most civilized I would think.  Today, we are fighting an idea and nothing more.  How can you fight an idea?