DER CHRISTKINDLEKRIEG--OR--DIE SCHLACT BEFORE XMAS

Scene of the action: Oberkringleburg being raided by a storming party from rival Unterkringleburg. As usual,  you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post.

 

In this post, dear readers, we bring you a seasonal confection, an incident from Kringleland involving the running conflict between Oberkringleburg and neighboring Unterkringleburg.  At some point in the distant past, these two burgs became alienated, and that alienation has blossomed into competition--and a period of open conflict each year during the Yule which has become known as Der Christkringlekrieg. The exact roots of this animosity are murky, but most agree that it began around the same time that the denizens of Oberkringleburg began referring to themselves as Hochkringlemenschen and assuming a heavily affected dialect they began to call Hochkringlesprache--and looking down on their neighbors in Unterkringleburg as Unterkringlemenschen, and their unsophisticated speech as Unterkringlesprache.  Of course, the good burgers of Unterkringleburg see things differently. They see themselves--and their honest, unaffected dialect--as being of pure Kringlelander stock, and the Oberkringleburgers and their uppity dialect as effeminate posers. And this year, to prove their point, they have sent a storming party of lusty lads to stir up the luxurious Oberkringleburgers where they live...

 

The Schneekanone, pride of the "high tech" Oberkringleburgers, loaded and ready to launch a dreaded Weissball.  In the background, Burgomeister of Oberkringleburg, signified by his grand red hat, supervises the two gun Schneekanonebatterie against the approaching Unterkringleburgers. 

Two stout Unterkringleburgers prepare to engage Schneekanone #1 with their well packed Schneeballs. Who will get off the first shot?

But wait: an ambush is sprung coming out of the Oberkringlehof in support of Schneekanone #1! It is a deadlock on this wing.

Meanwhile, Bernhard (aka Bernard--der Englischer schnellwerfer) is about to deliver a beamer to the crew of Schneekanone #2...

...but looks can be deceiving.  As seen from these two angles, it is Bernhard who is about to get a Weissball in the mush from Schneekanone #2. Score one for the fancy boys from Oberkringleburg here...

...meanwhile in the center, the Burgomeister has his gaze fixed on...

...the stout leader of the raiding party, who is lining up a dandy shot to knock his grand red cap off--and with it his dignity. Score one for the stout lads from Unterkringleburg here...

...and so, friends, we leave you with this frozen moment from this year's Christkringlekrieg for your amusement...

 

 

...And Seasons Greetings to All!

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