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December 23

Supermodel of the world

Dear Sir/Madam,

I would like to ask you if you know anything about competition Supermodel of the world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Models_Supermodel_of_the_World

because I have noticed that this competition was not in year 2013, 2014 and 2015. Do you know anything?

Adriana — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.212.106.115 (talk) 09:51, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Maybe they wanted to see if anyone would notice. That's 1, so far, and it took 3 years. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:08, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

See also Ford Models. The competition is now called "Ford Model Search" and is run by V Magazine - this is the relevant page from their website, if anyone feels inspired to update the article. Tevildo (talk) 18:46, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Which song is this?

I heard a song on the radio yesterday when I was at a restaurant eating lunch. The words went something like this:

"Woo oo-oo woo oo woo-oo, woo oo-oo woo oo woo-oo. Barbra Streisand."

Does anyone know which song this is? JIP | Talk 20:31, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Actually, a quick Google search found this: Barbra Streisand (song). Is this the same song? JIP | Talk 20:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Are you asking us to confirm whether or not the song you linked to is the same song that you heard when none of us were present? It is available on YouTube, you know? Dismas|^(talk) 20:43, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I had to update my Flash plugin to be able to view the song. After I did that, a quick look at the video confirmed that it is the same song. JIP | Talk 20:53, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

World War One.

Was World War One fun ? --Xenorhynchium (talk) 22:01, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Your question is way too vague. What do you mean by "fun"? And from whose point of view? Keep in mind the war involved many different countries. But as to my knowledge, it was nowhere near fun. The situation in central Europe had been tense for years, if not decades, and all it took was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria to trigger the political situation off. And this of course also resulted in World War II, because Adolf Hitler thought Germany had been treated too badly in World War I.

None of the people I have known in my lifetime were alive during World War I. But my own grandfather served in the Winter War, a conflict related to World War II. JIP | Talk 22:08, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

War any war is never "fun", so unless you have anything more specific we can close this one. MilborneOne (talk) 22:35, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

A war which is a quick victory can be "fun" from the POV of the victor. Of course, WW1 was anything but a quick victory. StuRat (talk) 05:50, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Wars have no victors. The side that surrenders is made to pay for their sins, that's all. The sins of the other side go unpunished, except by karma. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:22, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

See The Wipers Times and the various articles linked from War song#World War I songs. Tevildo (talk) 22:52, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Only for those who didn't have to participate in it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:20, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps the only good to come of World War One was to deprecate the idea that war could be glorious, because World War One was so horrible, so much more horrible than most people thought it would be. Part of the problem, but by no means all, was European pride in thinking that they were better than Americans, because if they had looked to American history, they could have seen that a land war might last four years and be terribly divisive and that there would be no winners, just that different sides would lose different amounts. Anyway, it discredited the ancient concept that war could be glorious. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:31, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Hitler didn't get the message. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:05, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

There was no need to look to America to see that a war could last for four years. See, for example, the Hundred Years' War. Widneymanor (talk) 12:42, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

That was a very different war, though, back when only a small portion of the population (professional soldiers) fought wars and the civilian population wasn't much affected. The US Civil War and later the World Wars were more akin, where large portions of the civilian populations were drafted, and the rest were also directly affected (by knowing others who were in the military, or due to shortages, or from attacks on their homes). If you want a non-US Civil War example, perhaps the Boer War would do. StuRat (talk) 13:22, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

The Hundred Years' War devastating for the general population. See Jacquerie for just one example that immediately jumped to mind. Adam Bishop (talk) 13:06, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

All this reminds me of Cannon Fodder's theme song War has never been so much fun... =) JIP | Talk 21:03, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

• Some people certainly had fun. Adrian Carton de Wiart, who was a British soldier was shot multiple times, taken prisoner of war, survived a plane crash, and bit off his own fingers, later said "Frankly I had enjoyed the war." Smurrayinchester 12:38, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

To be fair, that was some time after he was sure he'd survived. Relatively easy to be nonchalant in hindsight, especially if you know it'll sound cool. That's not to say he maybe didn't truly have fun. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:48, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

"...never have so many suffered so much so so few could be so happy." - Frank Burns, M*A*S*H [1]. StuRat (talk) 20:07, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Then this song mentions war as fun, but it's satire, of course: [2]. StuRat (talk) 20:10, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Vietnam definitely seems funner than WW1 in popular hindsight, with the colour footage and groovy soundtracks. But Adrian Cronauer was no Robin Williams. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:11, 28 December 2015 (UTC)