Ethan Allen

He engineered the fortress himself. The damn thing's his child. He'll defend it till his every last man is gone. He is not making. . . Come on out, you old rat! That's what Ethan Allen called out to the commander of Fort Tike on Derogher in 1776. Come on out, you old rat! Of course, there are only 40-odd redcoach at Tike on Derogher, but. . . There is one Ethan Allen story that I'm very partial to. No, you're going to tell a story. I don't believe that I can bear to listen to another one of your stories right now! I need to be in those side yard schedules for Alexandria. I asked for that in the Smartic. It was right after the revolution, right after peace had been concluded. And Ethan Allen went to London to help our new country conduct his business with the king. The English sneered at how rough we are and rude and simple-minded and un To one day he was invited to the townhouse of a great English lord. Dinner was served, beverages imbibed, time passed as happens, and Mr. Allen found he needed the privy. He was grateful to be directed thence. Relieved, you might say. Now, Mr. Allen discovered on entering the water closet that the only decoration therein was a portrait of George Washington. Ethan Allen done what he came to do and returned to the drawing room. His hosts and the others were disappointed when he didn't mention Washington's portrait. And finally his lordship couldn't resist and asked Mr. Allen had he noticed it, the picture of Washington he had. Well, what did he think of its placement? Did it seem appropriately located to Mr. Allen? Mr. Allen said it did. His host was astounded. Appropriate? George Washington's Yes, said Mr. Allen. Where it'll do good service. The whole world knows nothing to make an Englishman shit quicker than the sight of George Washington. I love that story.