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On New Year's Day 1900, Queen Victoria sent 100,000 boxes of chocolates as a personal gift to soldiers fighting in the Boer War.

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ShapeSphere : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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7 votes NegativePositive

950 days 1 hour ago...

"Queen Victoria sent 100,000 boxes of chocolates as a personal gift to soldiers fighting in the Boer War."

Bullets would have been a better choice. I can't quite see how the Boers would have been injured by a milk truffle or a candy creme.

InsayneJayne : LVL 53: VP 5: said:

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5 votes NegativePositive

949 days 10 hours ago...

chocolate boosts morale?
'cept if you were allergic to chocolate or something :(

JuicyDbase : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

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948 days 7 hours ago...

Don't temp me chocolate!

smokemylungs : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

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947 days 23 hours ago...

Chocolate? I would have sent 6500 crates of cocaine.

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