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Gen. Die Progreß fought for Switzerland in the famous "Battle of the Bump" in 1857. This occurred at the Bern shooting festival when all the riflemen accidentally fired at the same time. The noise and gunfire frightened the General's plump wife, who fell off a milking stool and bumped her head on a cow hoof. The General, thinking he was under attack, immediately mustered the militia and marched uphill and downhill until he found the cow. The General's wife came waddling through the troops holding her head and pointing at the cow, so everyone shot it -- dead. After all the marching everyone was so tired they stopped and invented the "hamburger" from the poor cow's remains.

For his bravery and quick action, Gen. Progreß was awarded a half pail of curdled milk, a slightly used plate of pickles, and the right to wear cow horns on Saturday nights.

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On 1/25/2022 at 12:14 PM, RWB said:

Gen. Die Progreß fought for Switzerland in the famous "Battle of the Bump" in 1857. This occurred at the Bern shooting festival when all the riflemen accidentally fired at the same time. The noise and gunfire frightened the General's plump wife, who fell off a milking stool and bumped her head on a cow hoof. The General, thinking he was under attack, immediately mustered the militia and marched uphill and downhill until he found the cow. The General's wife came waddling through the troops holding her head and pointing at the cow, so everyone shot it -- dead. After all the marching everyone was so tired they stopped and invented the "hamburger" from the poor cow's remains.

For his bravery and quick action, Gen. Progreß was awarded a half pail of curdled milk, a slightly used plate of pickles, and the right to wear cow horns on Saturday nights.

Strangely, this makes more sense.

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