Maybe not the strangest but here are 2 from my vacation to London last month:

2 women walking past. One of them says:

“I talk a lot of shit, but my fart is bigger than my shit.”

Then in Covent Garden I met a very polite drug dealer:

Excuse me, do you need any weed or coke? No, well then have a very good evening.

Nice guy, big smile.

What year is this? This was a scare back in the 1970.

Un-fortify the wheat now!

/s

The default answer is the Eisenhorn book series.

There is a reading order here that combines three book series that have an interwoven story. However, you can just read the main Eisenhorn books for flavour:

https://www.trackofwords.com/2021/02/14/a-guide-to-dan-abnetts-inquisition-series/

If you like these, there are then some options:

• The Horus Heracy ( a huge number of books and multiple reading lists depending on your approach I.e. full chronological list ~400 books, main story books ~50.

• Caine Books (a more lighthearted take on 40k)

Other mentions:

• Watchers of the Throne
• Vaults of Terra
• Dawn of Fire

^These are a few Imperium heavy series. There are a ton of other faction books.

If I we’re you I’d read Eisenhorn and if you like it, look at that top link. If you are hooked, look at the Horus Heracy. If you aren’t hooked then try the 1st Caine book and see if it pulls you in.

Feel free to come back and ask again. There’s a ton of lore out there.

Im getting major 1930s Spanish Civil war vibes.

Did killing Cesar at the end of Fallout New Vegas teach us nothing?

The war machine is too far along to be stopped easily.

Or if WW1 is your poison:

Initially, Wilhelm II wanted to halt the German mobilization, hoping for a peaceful resolution. However, Moltke insisted it was too late to stop the complex mobilization process once it had been set in motion. He argued that it was “like a wound-up clock” that couldn’t simply be unwound. His words essentially conveyed that the mobilization machinery, once started, would continue inexorably towards war, effectively removing any possibility of reversal.

They shouldn’t be uncomfortable. Make sure you’ve set them correctly.

Yes, Europe is well known for vegetarianism. /s

Did you send in the Human fleet to defend the Citadel from the Reapers, or did you hold back ensuring Humanity had the biggest fleet after the attack?

Define liberals in this context please.

US Navy Ice Cream Barge:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge

Good luck. Labour ran on a “Not the Tories” campaign. Which worked because of the 12 or so years of Tory madness.

Hitler’s generals we’re largely good generals. Many came from the Prussian school of war.

The Allies didn’t try to assassinate Hitler because Hitler was causing so many military blunders by thinking he knew better than his generals and overruling them.

If they don’t win then they can’t pay it back. If anything it gives an incentive to lend them more.

The Iron Bank.

I’ve never seen one before, no one has, but I’m guessing it’s a white hole

British Private Schools:

Fagging was a traditional practice in British public schools and also at many other boarding schools, whereby younger pupils were required to act as personal servants to the eldest boys.[1][2][3] Although probably originating earlier, the first accounts of fagging appeared in the late 17th century.[4]: 23  Fagging sometimes involved physical abuse[4]: 23–25  and/or sexual abuse.[5] Although lessening in severity over the centuries, the practice continued in some institutions until the end of the 20th century.[4]: 23–25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging

GW strikes again :D

The mountains of madnesses would be a very good fit for the Tin Tin vibe as well.

I’d read this.

Is that right? I hadn’t heard that.

So what is it?