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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

So the story goes that during the Cold War at a peace summit, a British, US and Soviet general are talking to each other about the various virtues of their armies and the "an army marches on it's stomach" adage comes up. The Soviet general proudly proclaims "The glorious people's soldier gets fifteen hundred calories per day to subsist on!" The British general smiles and says "Sorry, old boy, but the Queen's fighting man gets two thousand calories per day in rations." The US General says "Hell, that's nothing. A US soldier gets three thousand calories per day to eat!" The Soviet general goes purple and says "This is lie! No man can eat three sacks of potatoes in one day!"

good one