(And a tip of the Hatlo hat to Guffaw.)
Some advice for those of you who choose to celebrate today:
- Archdukes are somewhat of an endangered species these days. Make sure you have the proper permits and observe the bag limit of one.
- Princip probably didn’t eat a sandwich (as we’ve discussed before) so if you want to maintain authenticity, find a place that serves Bosnian food. That might be hard if you’re not in a large metropolitan area; in Houston, there’s Cafe Pita. In Austin…well, if you’re going to deviate from authenticity, the Noble Pig is open until 5 PM.
- Make sure your cyanide hasn’t expired.
- Also, know the depth of your river before you attempt suicide by throwing yourself into it.
- Consider how long or short your grenade fuse should be. I’m really not in a position to make specific recommendations, but a ten second fuse seems a bit long.
- If you happen to be driving any archdukes on this day, make sure you know the route. (If Franz Ferdinand’s chauffeur had a GPS, or even a smartphone with Waze, would WWI have been avoided?)
- Also, make sure your car is tuned up. There’s nothing worse than backing up and stalling in front of an assassin.
- It may be a little late for this, but it looks like you can pick up a reasonably nice FN 1910 for short money on Gunbroker.