Creative Revenge

Don’t get mad, get even is sound advice when you have been wronged; the more inventive your revenge the better.

The old proverb says “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” In the heat of the moment, it might be tempting to lash out in anger, but it’s much more satisfying to plot a reprisal with a cool and creative mind. Herewith a selection of wonderfully inventive ways of settling scores.

Norwegian Sardine Revenge

Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Norway in 1940. Quickly, a resistance force of Norwegians formed to carry out acts of sabotage and to gather intelligence.

The Germans commandeered the entire Norwegian production of canned sardines to feed its soldiers of the Wehrmacht and sailors of the Kriegsmarine. The hot-blooded response would be to storm the canning plants and blow them up, but the Norwegians cooked up a subtler plan.

The resistance contacted the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), a group tasked with espionage, sabotage, and underground, black operations.

Could the boffins of the SOE, asked the Norwegians, devise some sort of mighty laxative? Yes, they could, came the answer, followed by a shipment of croton oil.