Black adder and military jokes....

Blackadder: “The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the Devil’s own satanic herd.”

Baldrick: “Morning, Mr. B.”
Blackadder: “Leave me alone, Baldrick. If I wanted to talk to a vegetable, I would have bought one at the market.”

General Melchett: “Field Marshal Haig has formulated a brilliant new tactical plan to ensure final victory in the field.”
Blackadder: “Ah. Would this brilliant plan involve us climbing out of our trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy?”
Captain Darling: “How could you possibly know that, Blackadder?! It’s classified information!”

Blackadder: “Baldrick, you wouldn’t recognise a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on a harpsicord singing ‘subtle plans are here again’.”

Melchett: Congratulations on your new appointment, Blackadder.
Blackadder: Thank you, sir.
Darling: And may I say, Blackadder, I am particularly pleased about it.
Blackadder: Are you?
Darling: Oh yes.
Melchett: Now that you're our official war artist, we can give you the full briefing. The fact is, Blackadder, that the King & Country cover story was just that - a cover story. We want you to leave the trenches...
Blackadder: Very good.
Melchett: ...tonight...
Blackadder: Suits me.
Melchett: ...and go out into No-Man's Land.
Blackadder: No-Man's Land?
Melchett: Yes.
Blackadder: Not Paris?
Melchett: No. We want you to come back with accurate drawings of the enemy positions.
Blackadder: You want me to sit on No-Man's Land painting pictures of the Germans?
Melchett: Precisely! Good man!
Blackadder: Well, it's a very attractive proposition, sir, but unfortunately, not practical. You see, my medium is light. It'll be pitch dark. I won't see a thing.
Melchett: Mmm, that is a bit of a blur. Tell you what, we'll send up a couple of flares! You'll be lit up like a Christmas tree!
Blackadder: Oh, excellent. Glad I checked.

Darling: Are you sure this is what you saw, Blackadder?
Blackadder: Absolutely. I mean, there may have been a few more armament factories and not quite as many elephants, but, yes.
Melchett: Well, you know what this means.
Darling: If it's true, sir, we'll have to cancel the push.
Melchett: Exactly.
George: Damn!
Blackadder: What a nuisance.
Melchett: Exactly what the enemy would expect us to do, and therefore exactly what we shan't do!
Blackadder: Ah. Now-
Melchett: If we attack where the line is strongest, Fritz will think our reconnaissance is a total shambles. This will lull him into a false sense of security, so then next week, we can attack where the line is actually badly defended, and win the greatest victory since the Winchester Flower-Arranging team beat Harrow by twelve sore bottoms to one!
Blackadder: Tell me, have you ever visited the planet Earth, sir?
George: Permission to shout 'bravo' at an annoyingly loud volume?
Melchett: Permission granted.
George: BRAVO!!!
Melchett: That's the spirit! Just your kind of caper, eh, Blackadder?
Blackadder: Oh yes.
Darling: Good luck against those elephants

 

Blackadder is a satire, not military history. None of the people who made the show had a military background

It is a lot of fun. The opening sequence with the band of the Royal Anglian Regiment was shot in the old Le Cateau Barracks in Colchester.

One of the un official core values of the British Army is sense of humour. In the first Gulf war two bases were named camp Baldrick and Blackadder

 

I'm sure Kai-Petri can remember the Goodies episode "War Babies"...

 

I just love the part "How much land did you win compared to this grass example??" "Ehh, 1:1."