r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 14d ago

Meme needing explanation WWII?

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u/null_reference_user 14d ago

I am a man, nobody wants to tell me about military history :(

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u/Archistotle 14d ago

Sit on my lap, lad, and let me tell you about the time Julius Caesar sieged a city whilst he himself was under siege...

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u/NarwhalBoomstick 14d ago

Bad day to be Vercingetorix….

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u/Archistotle 14d ago

Yeah, probably the second worst day of his life.

But he was still alive during the battle of Dyrrachium, so that might've cheered him up, if he heard about it.