During WW2 German soldiers looted French villages gorging themselves
on local food, wine and women. In one village everyone fled except
a young man and his 90-year-old grandmother who refused to be driven
out by the Germans. When the tanks rolled into the near-deserted the village,
the soldiers cornered the young man. 'Bring us food!' they demanded.
'All we have left is half a loaf of bread,' he explained nervously. 'War is war,'
asserted the soldiers, and forced him to hand over the last crumbs.
Then they shouted: 'Bring us wine!'
'All I have is half a bottle,' pleaded the young man.
'War is war,' again insisted the soldiers as they forced him to hand over the bottle.
'Bring us a woman,' was the next German demand.
'But there is only one woman left in the village,' protested the young man. 'War is war!'
boomed the soldiers. So he fetched his 90-year-old grandmother. The Germans
took one look at her and said: 'Er, maybe we'll let you off this time.' 'No way!'
declared the granny indignantly. 'War is war!'
