or Wrong! Now you are at war with me? (for being wrong)
(b0rk3dJokes are better than technique!,
Thu 31 Jul 2008, 17:10,
archived)
the former
"During World War I, it was soon discovered that the Pickelhaube did not measure up to the demanding conditions of trench warfare. The leather helmets offered virtually no protection against shell fragments and shrapnel, which caused wounds that were common during that conflict. Furthermore, the spike often extended over the top of the trench, indicating the location of the helmet-wearing soldiers inside the trench and sometimes enemy soldiers would deliberately target the spike to shoot it off to antagonize and/or intimidate German soldiers."