| Mephistopheles | 07 Aug 2008 3:38 p.m. PST |
Bernadotte woulda' kicked Baldy's butt. |
| helmet101 | 07 Aug 2008 3:41 p.m. PST |
hmm, based on what Mephistos? On the battlefield, Davout proved himself on a number of occasions. Anyone got popocorn? |
 Saber6   | 07 Aug 2008 3:47 p.m. PST |
I don't think so. Nicky almost had him shot. Now it is true there was little love lost between them (and not just because of Auerstadt) |
| Mephistopheles | 07 Aug 2008 3:47 p.m. PST |
I meant in a mud wrestling contest. |
| Khevenhuller | 07 Aug 2008 5:18 p.m. PST |
Meph Well, Davout was`very shortsighted, so with his specs lost in the mud and as he flails around blindly my money is on Bernadotte… K |
| Mephistopheles | 07 Aug 2008 5:34 p.m. PST |
Khevenhuller "Well, Davout was`very shortsighted, so with his specs lost in the mud and as he flails around blindly my money is on Bernadotte…" At last, somebody who can stay on topic. |
| ArchiducCharles | 08 Aug 2008 8:39 a.m. PST |
Dunno. Bernadotte will probably arrive late at the contest, so Davout might win by forfeit  |
| The Gray Ghost | 08 Aug 2008 10:35 a.m. PST |
Davout by forfeiture Bernadotte would never get into the mud. |
| Battes | 08 Aug 2008 12:12 p.m. PST |
Gray Ghost is right, Berny never would have got in the mud, so Davout by forfeit. (However, an historical "what-if" it was a jelly-wrestling match, Berny might prove to be a bit slippery and give a better contest). Money still on Davout, mud or jelly. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 08 Aug 2008 12:21 p.m. PST |
ArchiducCharles wrote: "Bernadotte will probably arrive late at the contest, so Davout might win by forfeit" Then Bernadotte go one to claim that he really won and with one hand tied behind his back too….. |
| Battes | 09 Aug 2008 3:11 a.m. PST |
Well 138, with one hand behind his back – what was he doing with the other one? We can only guess…. |
| Robert le Diable | 10 Aug 2008 11:27 a.m. PST |
Well, Bernadotte was notoriously reluctant actually to engage in fighting, whereas Davout, in addition to Auerstadt and the forced marching to reach Austerlitz and Eylau, got himself badly wounded at Borodino and then remounted his horse and got stuck in again. Ould Procrastinating Proboscis would have got his Belles Jambes broken good style by the Iron Marshal. |
