Kids:talking about the Superbowl ...had the worst defense of all time.
Me: Not as bad as the Maginot Line! fingerguns
(awkward pause)
Kid: ...huh?
Me: ...right. You haven't gotten to WWII yet. deflates and sits back down
Fort Ticonderoga fell quite swiftly in the Revolutionary War, if they are that far along. That place seemed to fall easily to whoever happened to attack it.