British Humour

True story from WWII:

The Germans set up a number of fake wooden factories in the hope the British (or other Allied Forces) would waste a good amount of ammunition and sortie flying-time and all that. The British Intelligence then got to know about this (since they were doing the exact same thing) and decided to send a lone plane to drop a wooden "bomb" on one of the wooden "factories".

The guts/foolhardiness that would take to pull off such a stunt, I tell you!

Read the Economist's Best Pranks Ever.