31 of the Wildest Historical ‘Screw You’s

‘The Australians stealing a tank from no mans land in WWI because they could’
31 of the Wildest Historical ‘Screw You’s
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Most people point to the opposable thumb as something that sets humans apart from other animals. I’d also argue another finger encapsulates the human experience: the middle one, displayed proudly. We hold a grudge like no other species, and have a unique ability to revel in each other’s downfall.

This isn’t new, either. It goes way back in history, with figures from the past happily telling each other to get bent in a variety of ways. Sometimes, with global consequences attached.

Read on for some of the best examples of great “fuck you” moments from history.

The-big-ouch . 6y ago A pirate known as jean lefitte had a bounty of $500 put on him by a governor. So he put a $5000 bounty on the governor
BrittleBandit . 6y ago When Otto von Bismarck was about 50, he was walking down a street when a man ran up to him and shot him five times. Otto then turned around and began to beat the absolute shit out of him until some armed guards come to help him. When they inspected Otto for wounds, they found that all 5 hit, but they all either just grazed him or bounced off his ribs. Literally the iron chancellor.
CardboardSoyuz C 6y ago Morocco was the first country to recognize the independence of the United States, which was very nice of them, but the reason they did it was that they had a treaty with England which prevented them from tolerating or engaging in piracy against English ships. No such prohibition on American shipping.
SonicThunder35 . 6y ago The Australians stealing a tank from no mans land in ww1 because they could.
InFin0819 . 6y ago Napoleon invited his brother in law to speak with him before his coronation as emperor to remind the brother in law that he objected to Napoleon marrying Josephine because Napoleon would amount to nothing
Mr_Henslee . 6y ago So when France exiles Napoleon Bonaparte (the first time), they didn't think to change out military personnel. So he basically rolls up to the first French outpost he gets to, says 'sup and begins reassembling an army. By the time he gets to Paris, he's got enough forces that France is like well. Welcome back.
NuggetBiscuits69 6y ago Edited 6y ago In the 1970s the small town of Vulcan, West Virginia asked for state funding to replace a bridge into town. The state legislature refused to grant Vulcan the funding they needed. Instead the town appealed to the Soviet Union for aid. After hearing about the request, the state legislature immediately granted over $1 million for the town to build a new bridge. If a small town in WV asking for soviet funding in the middle of the Cold War isn't a big middle finger to the state government, then I don't know what is.
ShivasKratom3 6y ago Edited 6y ago British prisoner of war in Nazi germany stitches a quilt. The Nazis put it out for show. Hidden in Morse code stitched in were the words fuck hitler and god save the Queen https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9009004/Bri tish-prisoner-of-War-stitched-hidden-anti- Hitler-message-into-Nazi-quilt.html Edit- god save the king I think I just had the queen song stuck in my head
emaniace 6y ago Edited 6y ago This requires some background. The Spartans were famously blunt. They were trained to get to the point when speaking (instead of using artsy and beautiful language that would have been common at the time) by being bitten on the thumb if they became long winded. Now to the meat. Phillip the second of Masedon (Alexander the greats father) sent the Spartans a letter saying Would you like me to enter your land as friend or foe? The Spartans responded with one word. Neither. Phillip was irate. Не then sent another long winded message. If
_Happy_Camper . 6y ago After the Restoration, the English dug up the body of Oliver Cromwell and hung, drawn and quartered the body, sticking the head on London Bridge
gonatt 6y ago I would say the moment that Rollo swore allegiance to the French king: the bishops present suggested that Rollo kiss the king's foot, as a sign of submission. It was probably an idea intended to humiliate Rollo, and was not taken very well. After some discussion, it was agreed that one of Rollo's men would do it. However, the person chosen lifted the king's foot, and, without bending down, brought it up to his mouth. Not surprisingly the king fell over, amid general laughter in the court. Following this amusing scene, the king and his men swore
-Inaros 6y ago This is already one of my favorite threads in reddit history... Galvarino: Chilean warrior who had both his hands cut off by the conquistadors for raising arms against the Spanish. Instead of letting himself serve as a message of helplessness in the face of the invaders the crazy bastard strapped swords to his stumps and went on the warpath.
-Solarsoul- . 6y ago The first cell phone. The first call ever made from a cell phone was to a competitor's landline. Big dick energy
6y ago On the crowning of King Henry VII, he backdated his own reign to before the date of the Battle of Bosworth, meaning anyone who was loyal to him now but had shown any sign of opposition at Bosworth was now a traitor and an enemy to the realm. Justice served.
JitteryBug . 6y ago This is more petty, but when Taft bragged to his friends via telegram about scaling a mountain on horseback, that it was a few thousand feet, clear weather, all in all not too difficult, his friend replied, HOW IS HORSE?
etymologynerd 6y ago When Germanic tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left, they named the native Celts Welisc, meaning foreigner (even though they themselves were the foreigners). That later became the word Welsh, which the English promptly adopted for phrases like welch on a bet. TL;DR: all of history has been one giant etymological middle finger to the Welsh.
nb150207 6y ago Stop sending people to kill me! We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle... If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send a very fast working one to Moscow and I certainly won't have to send another. Tito to Joseph Stalin
NacreousFink 6y ago Not the biggest, probably, but the first that came to mind: Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe's response to the Nazi demand that Bastogne surrender: nuts.
TeAforempires 6y ago Edited 6y ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga of Kiev Olga of Kiev. When her husband died, the country that killed him assumed they'd just take over and force her into marriage. She straight up killed the dignitaries that were sent to tell her she had to marry - multiple times, in the most intense way possible. She then travelled to where her husband had been killed and basically burnt the place to the ground - again, in the most hardcore, amazing way. They made her a freaking saint. Worth the read on Wikipedia!
Korlac11 . 6y ago The second defenestration of Prague. The Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia sends representatives to the Protestant city of Prague telling them to convert to Catholicism. The representatives get thrown out a window and allegedly landed in a pile of manure
Billyjeter 6y ago Ferruccio Lamborghini was a rich man owning his company that built tractors, he talked to Ferrari about the imperfections of his car and how to improve them and they basically laughed at a young tractor mechanic trying to tell them about sport cars, so he decided to start making luxury sport cars to compete with Ferrari and thus, the rivalry was born. So i'd say the middle finger of this guy to Ferrari was pretty noticeable.
Chajsngebige 6y ago On 30th September 1938, a treaty called Munich agreement was signed, causing Germany's annexation of Suddetenland (a region of western Czechoslovakia, where many German people lived). It was signed by leaders of UK, France, Italy and Germany. UK and France signed it, because Hitler promised, that he won't go to war, if he got the Suddetenland (we all know how that turned out). But that's not all. The biggest fuck you to Czechoslovakia was, that they weren't invited to the meeting. Yes, they weren't invited to the meeting about their own region. Also France was an ally
6y ago Not the biggest, but definitely one to note. In 1966, Charles DeGaulle ordered all U.S. Troops out of France, as he said the country was leaving NATO, LBJ's first words were to his Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Ask him about the cemetaries, Dean! When Dean Rusk mentioned whether or not the 60,000+ US soldiers buried in France were to be removed, DeGaulle simply stood up and left the room, embarrassed.
6y ago French surrender in WW2: Hitler dictates that the French capitulation take place at Compiegne, a forest north of Paris. This is the same spot where twenty-two years earlier the Germans had signed the Armistice ending World War I. Hitler intends to disgrace the French and avenge the German defeat. To further deepen the humiliation, he orders that the signing ceremony take place in the same railroad car that hosted the earlier surrender.
. 6y ago Andrew Jackson was walking around Washington D.C. when an assassin tried to kill him with two pistols. Both pistols misfired, and Jackson proceeded to beat the would-be killer within an inch of his life with his cane
-eDgAR- 6y ago Edited 6y ago (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege of Tyre (332 BC)) Basically Alexander the Great was unable to capture the city because it was on an island, so he made it into a peninsula to be able to properly attack. It is said that Alexander was so enraged at the Tyrians' defence of their city and the loss of his men that he destroyed half the city.
Iwhydoesthousmell . 6y ago When alexander the great cut the gordian knot, instead of untying it.
JazzPhobic 6y ago The Achaemenid Empire had trouble conquering the Egypt in the early part of their War so they decided to use the very embodiment of their holy figure against them. They literally had soldiers carry cats with them and painted cat heads on their shields so the egypts couldn't fight back due to their beliefs and surrendered. They literally pulled a your god is our frontline. This is known as the Battle of Pelusium.
. 6 6y ago Finns calling petrol bottles as Molotov cocktails after Molotov said the bombers over Finland dropped breadbaskets (in reality bombs) so Finns named a drink to go down with the bread
6y ago Prussian Siege of Paris 1870-1871. Prussia forces besieged Paris for several months, inhabiting a series of forts and outposts around the city. The people assumed that they were outside the range of the Prussian artillery. After a few months of just starving the city out the Prussian guns opened up. But they would only fire at night (all night), and would only target landmarks. So you've been hungry, but safe. Then the Prussians break the news that you're well within range and come daylight this monument or that church is now wiped out. Had a big phycological
ozgurcagin 6y ago During the conquest of Constantinapol (now Istanbul), when Sultan Mehmet had his ships carried on oily stakes by thousands of men to get past the big chain that prevents ships to enter Bosphorus.

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