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* [[Brian Blessed]] reportedly kept [[Oliver Reed]] from making trouble during the filming of ''[[Prisoner Of Honor]]'' with one of these, to the point that Reed was sober the whole time for fear of starting a fight that Brian had said he would end.
* General McAuliffe, at the Battle of the Bulge, was presented with a surrender ultimatum by the Germans. To which he said: "Nuts"
* [http://www.badassoftheweek.com/york.html US Army] [[http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.Vignettes/The.Diary.of.Alvin.York.html#October<!-- 208th201918%208th%201918 Corporal]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York Alvin]] [[ImplacableManImplacable Man|York]] had this to say about the battle in which he, alone, took fire from [[MoreDakkaMore Dakka|thirty-two German machine guns and over 100 riflemen]] [[NighInvulnerableNigh Invulnerable|without receiving a scratch]] and returned rifle fire to kill 28 Germans [[ImprobableAimingSkillsImprobable Aiming Skills|without missing even one shot:]] -->
{{quote| '''York:''' I [[Funetik Aksent|jes]] couldn't miss a German's head or body at that distance. [[Boom Headshot|And I didn't.]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Besides, it weren't no time to miss nohow.]]}}
** When the German major who surrendered to York realized York had no other troops but a handful of terrified privates to corral his 132 prisoners:
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