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Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

What happens if you build a wooden horse, put some soldiers inside it, and then ask security guards if you can leave it overnight inside their complex?

Published Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:00 AM by oldnewthing
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# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:09 AM by Ben

The Chasers are an awesome comedy group. One of the many things that I miss about home...

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:39 AM by TraumaPony

Yes indeed :D

I haven't laughed so much in the last month as I did just now

Strange, I don't recall seeing this episode though.

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:29 PM by coldacid

Oh, that's just brilliant! My best friend just stated that we should give it a shot ourselves.

# Trojan Horse : DougWeb

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:50 PM by Trojan Horse : DougWeb

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:52 PM by kibibu

Site for these guys: http://abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:22 PM by Peter

Suppose we build a wooden badger...

(sorry, someone had to say it)

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:06 PM by Merus

There's some great stuff from the first season of War on Everything.

This one asks some hard questions of airport security: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkYPV7Iwu4

They do a couple of crashing-news-conference segments; in one, they ask the politician/celebrity ten questions of varying relevance without letting them get a word in until they're done. (Here's Jimmy Wales being subjected to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-6F8GN8eXI ) In another, they ask them a question from Trivial Pursuit. (Here's one where they ask New Zealand prime minister Helen Clarke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5Nn5cMBF8 )

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:20 PM by Matthew

The Chaser is very popular here in Australia. All of this years series and much of last years can be downloaded from http://abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/ .

Some of it will only make sense to Australians (since Americans likely won't recognise our politicians, and won't be aware of our current affairs), but much of it will make sense to anyone.

# Gerald Brandt » Funny History Lesson

Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:33 AM by Gerald Brandt » Funny History Lesson

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:40 PM by William Tell

# Escoria.org - Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it

# Trojan Horses : Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin

Friday, July 13, 2007 9:55 AM by Trojan Horses : Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin

# Trojan Horse?

Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:17 AM by Matts Meanderings

Build a giant wooden horse, stick some soldiers in it, and see how many security guards repeat history...

# re: Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it... on YouTube

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:47 PM by J

This video is ancient in more ways than one.  It was posted on VideoSift almost two months ago.

[You forget how long my article queue is. This post sat in the queue so long that the original YouTube link was mistakenly taken down, and I had to go find a new one. -Raymond]

# Perhaps if we built a large wooden badger?

Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:37 PM by Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium

The Trojan Horse (from Ray )

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