Really would not get away with that now.
Especially the bit about the Germans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1vSIOmCc4
Maybe based a little bit on the Flashman novels perchance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman_%28novel%29
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The papers are attributed to Harry Paget Flashman, who is not only the bully featured in Thomas Hughes' novel, but also a well-known Victorian military hero (in Fraser's fictional England). The papers were supposedly written between 1900 and 1905. The subsequent publishing of these papers, of which Flashman is the first, contrasts the previously believed exploits of a (fictional) hero with his own more scandalous account, which shows the life of a cowardly bully. Flashman begins with his own account of expulsion from Rugby and ends with his fame as "the Hector of Afghanistan", detailing his life from 1839 to 1842 and his travels to Scotland, India, and Afghanistan.
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I knew a couple of lads that were big fans of the series and had also read the books and they told me there was some overlap. The books are pretty famous and well read, so I am told. Then again, they were red-headed Oirish potato pickers, so maybe they were having me on.
I think they might have been right though, Flashheart was a caricatured, over-aggrandized, carbon copy of that type.
A real man's man. Not afraid of not making friends. And not afraid of offending.
Might not have been that funny after all, but at least they didn't get locked up for it, which anyone attempting that kind of shit today, would be.
Still, the bit where he shoots the German (Ade Edmonson - his best friend) always makes me chuckle.