It's black humour. They are trying to make it sound stupid. Very stupid. It's symbolism about how the war was stupid.
Rowan Atkinson.
Rowan Atkinson, who plays Mr. Bean, and Hugh Laurie, who plays House, both starred in a British comedies called Black-Adder II, Black-Adder III, and Black-Adder Goes Forth.
The Black Adder - 1983 The Black Seal 1-6 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1990)
Black Adder the Third - 1987 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG Ireland:15 Singapore:PG UK:15
Black Adder
Mr Bean
The Black Adder - 1983 The Foretelling 1-1 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1990)
The Black Adder - 1983 The Archbishop 1-3 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1990)
A ripple carry adder needs a much less complicated circuit, than other adder topologies.
Rowan Atkinson
The Black Adder - 1983 Witchsmeller Pursuivant 1-5 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1990)
Black-Adder II - 1986 Potato 1-3 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1989)