Two Hungarian students at the University of Budapest fell in love with the same girl. One challenged the other to a duel.
Upon the field of honor went the students, each with a hand grenade firmly fixed between the thumb and fingers of the right hand. When the umpire dropped his white handkerchief the duellists threw their bombs— both failed to explode.
The second round started like the first. This time the bombs went off— and covered the combatants with snow and mud.
The seconds...
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