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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 89 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Also Led Zeppelin: squeeze my lemon baby, 'till the juice runs down my leg

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 67 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Also Led Zeppelin: Hobbits are pretty dope

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[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 months ago

Also: what if whales played drums

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 22 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Is that a metaphor?

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yes, it's a little known pice of trivia actually, they were making a statement about the war

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

This is true. During the war the soldiers were suffering with shortages and they had low quality food. Overly filled and poor leaky lemons were rife. A lot of legs were sticky. It was Hell.

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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

It was not a party, let me tell you. Or do a search for the ironically named "lemon party" to get the info straight from the source.

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[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Close, but you were actually one of the lucky divisions to get even rotten lemons. Trench warfare was largely a battle of attrition and rations had to last, hot meals and fresh fruit (especially sources of vitamin c) were a luxury to be supplied with. Scurvy wasn't uncommon. Here's a bunch of cool links

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

Those are some cool links, thanks!

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[–] laszlopanaflex@piefed.world 8 points 10 months ago

That was a reference to the Robert Johnson song Traveling Riverside Blues. Apparently Johnson might have himself taken it from a Roosevelt Sykes song.

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