War Elephant - Photograph of Elephant with Mounted Machine Gun, circa 1914 - 1918

Retronaut ^ | 1914 - 1918 | Retronaut

[DogByte6RER]

The gun is John Moses Browning’s M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun, aka ... Potato Digger.

[yarddog]

I just noticed your post.

I think the fact that Garand was a Canuck might be the reason.

[Vendome]

LOL

[GeronL]

lol. Bumper cars! I think I been on one once

[GeronL]

bump

[opbuzz]

Marines don’t need any stinking elephant saddles!

[P.O.E.]

Let's not forget Hannibal Dobbs

But seriously, I remember seeing T.A. Edison's film "Electrocution of an Elephant". I think it was intended as anti-Westinghouse, to show how dangerous DC current was.

It was a real execution, though, of an "alleged" rogue elephant. Topsy killed three men after a drunk fed her a cigarette. Poor Topsy.

[P.O.E.]

Correction: to show how dangerous AC current was.

[don-o]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_%28elephant%29

They hung Mary the elephant in the next town south of me.

[don-o]

Did not see yours before I posted

[P.O.E.]

Remind me never to prod an elephant behind the ear when it’s about to eat a watermelon rind.

[skinkinthegrass]

"The top floor was empty and we rode bikes all around it...
Yeah, I’d be eccentric like that"unicycles,bicycles,tricycles,mopeds & motorcycles..or all of the above. :-D

[Bigg Red]

;)

[dfwgator]

War Elephant

Sounds like something a person in Alabama who can't decide whether to root for Bama or Auburn would say.

[GeronL]

good question but go-karts and ceiling to floor windows probably wouldn’t mix too well, heh