trombonari

Updated: May 6, 2025

"There wasn't a sign of war, not a sign. "Of course not," I said. "Then we heard that Hungary was calling out the Honveds, but we still thought nothing of it." "Certainly not," I said. "And then we heard " "Yes, I know," I said, "you heard that Italy was calling out the Trombonari, and that Germany was calling in all the Landesgeschutzshaft." He looked at me. "How did you know that?" he said.

Stephen Leacock - Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy