The Militant Doberman
Banned
Some of you may be familiar with Horace Cole, an early 20th century Cambridge student who was friends with Virginia Wolf and her brother Adrian Stephen; history remembers Horace as the man behind the “Zanzibar Hoax” and the “Dreadnought Hoax” when he fooled government officials and the British Navy into thinking he is an African royal on a diplomatic visit, making naval officers give him a tour of the most modern and secretive ships in the world at the time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax
But things might have turned out even stranger if Horace and his friends decided to go with a different prank they initially considered:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/02/07/dreadnought-hoax-virginia-woolf/
Would people believe it all started out as a prank?
How might a joke causing one of the bloodiest conflicts in history impact culture and etiquette going forward?
How would history remember Virginia Wolf and her brother?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax
But things might have turned out even stranger if Horace and his friends decided to go with a different prank they initially considered:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/02/07/dreadnought-hoax-virginia-woolf/
What if they pull this off and the incident spirals into World War One?It all began in 1905, when Adrian Stephen and Horace Cole were attending Cambridge and, out of boredom, decided to play a little prank. Their initial idea was to acquire some uniforms, impersonate German officers, and march a detachment of troops across the border into France.
Would people believe it all started out as a prank?
How might a joke causing one of the bloodiest conflicts in history impact culture and etiquette going forward?
How would history remember Virginia Wolf and her brother?