I had this in my MSN name the other day, so it’s about time I explain it. You really ought to watch this on video, but since video clips are bandwidth-hogging, pictures and audio will have to do until you can find a decent torrent.

It may be helpful to first set the scene. The TV show in question is “Blackadder” (or “Black Adder”, if you wish), a popular British comedy that has had four different incarnations. In this scene, we are in the fourth and final incarnation, wherein Blackadder and chums find themselves on the verge of being sent into battle during World War I. In fact, word has just come down from on high that tomorrow morning at dawn, “the big push” will be taking place and the British troops will go “over the top” of their trenches, venturing into no man’s land. Each of our three soldiers takes the news differently: Lieutenant George (or Dr. House, as he is known in some circles) accepts the news in impossibly good spirits, and goes off to prepare the other men. Private Baldrick, a self-professed poor, gormless idiot, seems unperturbed and takes it in stride. Captain Blackadder however is quickly moved to hatch a plot; an old trick he picked up while campaigning in the Sudan, involving two pencils, a pair of underpants, and “wouble”.

You can listen to an MP3 clip, and the images below are linked to larger versions.

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