Episode 365 - The War of the Oaken Bucket

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys COME SEE US IN LONDON JUNE 22ND: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/ In which the casus belli of two 14th-century Italian city states going to war was, in popular consciousness at least, the theft of a town's wooden bucket. Some Germans get involved as well. Sources used: https://allthatsinteresting.com/war-of-the-bucket https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zappolino-1325/ https://militaryhistorynow.com/2020/10/18/beyond-the-pail-the-unbelievable-war-for-the-oaken-bucket-2/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/bloodiest-medieval-war-fought-bucket.html http://www.zappolino.it/battaglia.htm

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1:20.6	Lions led by Donkeys podcast. It is I, Joe, and with me is Tom and Nate.
1:23.6	We've unfortunately become Italian.
1:25.6	We're sneaking through the countryside of Bologna at circa the 1300s, wearing our finest Italian combat uniforms,
1:32.3	pure white denim, leather loafers without socks, and a mesh-white v-neck shirt so plunging our dick and balls are hanging out the top.
1:40.3	As we sneak up on the enemy positions, we stubb out our cigarettes perched ever so
1:45.1	delicately at the end of our cigarette holders. We unsheathe our traditional Italian weapon,
1:50.4	a single spaghetti noodle, sharpened to a fine edge. As we fall upon our enemy, we let out
1:55.9	our battle cry. Hey, oh, what's up? Hey, oh, laf and cool. Stata Z.
2:01.6	How you doing, guys?
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