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June 4, 1911 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary:​

“No, no, three times no,” Franz Joseph said. “I would hardly trust Ferdinand with making a sandwich. You think I’m letting him go to Sarajevo?”

“Hey!”

“That’s a valid concern,” Ferdinand’s aide said. “Perhaps you should go instead.”

“Hey!”

“That’s a mighty fine idea. Remind me what your name was again?”

“Josip,” the aide said.

“Hungarian?”

“No, Croatian-Slovenian.”

Joseph reeled back as if he had smelled something repugnant. “I was going to give you a promotion to being my aide, but...ew... Still, that was a pretty good idea. I’ll be going to Sarajevo instead of Ferdinand.”

“I’ve been wanting to go to Sarajevo ever since last year though!”

“Too bad! You’ll have to wait until 1914 then!”

“Fine!”

“Fine!”
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