After a particularly nasty battle during the French and Indian War, the French captured a British officer. In questioning the captured officer, the French asked, "Why do you Brits wear red coats? You know it makes you easy to spot from a long distance?"

The British officer stood erect and replied, "We wear red so if in the off chance we are hit in battle, our soldiers will not see the blood and they will continue to follow their officers into battle!"

And that my friends is why the French officers wear brown trousers to this day....