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This is one of those times I had to go back and buy an earlier issue on the strength of a subsequent issue in the series. The first issue of Uncle Sam and the Freedom fighters didn’t appeal to me much. It came off as yet another Ultimates/Authority clone but I should have known differently. Once Uncle Sam is introduced the real voice of the series is revealed. It’s a story about choosing the harder path in life and striving for an ideal rather then settling for feeling safe by sacrificing those ideals.
I know it’s odd for a Canadian to be as enamored with an American Icon but I think it’s because the way he’s written he represents the America I would be proud to call neighbor. The artwork is superb and the writing, especially when Uncle Sam is talking is powerful.
I’m looking forward to the rest of this series.
4 out of five clicks
This was forwarded to me by me mudder. Who knew so many other countries spoke Engrish? The Swiss and Russian submissions are some of my favorites. Besides the first one, of course, which stands out as the best in my mind.
Enjoy!
: : :
From a Japanese car-rental firm's informative brochure
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacle your passage, then tootle him with vigor. If honorable horse obstacle your path, pull over until he he pass away.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby
The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Inside an elevator in Yugoslavia
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
At a Paris hotel
Please leave your values at the front desk.
At an Austrian ski lodge
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
On the menu of a Polish hotel's restaurant
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
At a Hong Kong supermarket
For your convenience we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.
At a Paris dress shop
Dresses for street walking.
At a Hong Kong tailor shop
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
In Soviet Weekly
There will be a Moscow Exhibition of the Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
In an East African newspaper
A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
Advertisement of a Hong Kong dentist
Teeth extracted by the latest methodists.
In a Russian book on chess
A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand
Would you like to ride your own ass?
On a faucet in a Finnish restroom
To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
In the window of a Swedish furrier
Fur coats made for the ladies from their own skin.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan
Stop -- Drive sideways.
At a Bangkok temple
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed like a man.
In a Tokyo bar
Special cocktail for the ladies with nuts.
On the door of a Roman doctor's office
Specialist in women and other diseases.
Instructions accompanying new Japanese air conditioners
Cooles and heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
Signs at two Majorcan shops
English well talking
Here speeching American.
In a Paris hotel elevator
Do not enter lift backwards, and only when lit up.
In an Athens hotel
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily.
In a Yugoslavian hotel
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
In a Japanese hotel
You are invited to take advantage of the women who are employed to clean the room.
At a Moscow hotel across the street from a Russian Orthodox monastery
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
In a Hong Kong tailor shop
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Inside a Thailand dry cleaners
Drop your trousers here for best results.
At a German campground
It is strictly forbidden on our Black Forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
Outside a Rome laundry
Ladies, please leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Czech tourist agency brochure
Take one of our horse-drawn city tours. We guarantee no miscarriages.
At a Swiss mountain inn
Special Today -- NO ICE CREAM.
Slogan of a Dutch airline
We take your bags and send them in all directions.
At a Moscow hotel
If this is your first visit to the Soviet Union, you're welcome to it.
Inside a Swedish lounge
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
At an Acapulco restaurant
We are pleased to announce that the manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Have a great day!
&
For those who didn't care enough to ask me
How I was this morning...
well i didn't had any real design idea but all this talk about pirat give me this "idea"
hope you'd like
I have a smaller version of this on me footer, and I know us pirates aint supposed ta be into Cute and Cuddly things, but I had ta share the full version of this: Me mate, Captain Jack Sparrow, and a demonic cursed Monkey, being all cute.
KeelHaul
http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/
From <s>Snackboy</s> Keelhaul comes this fyne link... home of many a sweet-as nautical accessory, including my current favorite: the 'giant bilge rat'...
Not only be he poppin UP-like, if you catch the drift of me TradeWind, but spy ye the brand name?
http://www.ilovebacon.com/022405/f.shtml
:::
An' don't they have the best logo ever on Ilovebacon.com?
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
As R3 member <s>Taskmaster</s> Fangledtoof reminded us last week, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day in a few weeks, so study up!
Of course, 'round here, it's ALWAYS TLaPD.... but hey.
Look, it's random enough that they used a nutty pirate theme to dress up this mundane quiz about... whatever it's about... but man, when you choose incorrectly!
Iron West TPB
Story and Art: Douglas TenNapel
I had planned a review of this for weeks now, going over it in my head, trying to convey how utterly Bitching this book is. Finally, I decided to let Doug (Of Earthworm Jim fame) tell you in his own pictures, as they convey the sickness better than any other:
You MUST buy this book. Now. It is a moral imperative.
Otherwise, I'll be forced to have the Giant Transforming Train Robot crush you.
11/10 SPLAMS!
Olin Fnard
Now Playing: Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In The Sky
I know it’s odd for a Canadian to be as enamored with an American Icon but I think it’s because the way he’s written he represents the America I would be proud to call neighbor. The artwork is superb and the writing, especially when Uncle Sam is talking is powerful.
I’m looking forward to the rest of this series.
4 out of five clicks
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31/08/06
Enjoy!
: : :
From a Japanese car-rental firm's informative brochure
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacle your passage, then tootle him with vigor. If honorable horse obstacle your path, pull over until he he pass away.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby
The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Inside an elevator in Yugoslavia
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
At a Paris hotel
Please leave your values at the front desk.
At an Austrian ski lodge
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
On the menu of a Polish hotel's restaurant
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
At a Hong Kong supermarket
For your convenience we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.
At a Paris dress shop
Dresses for street walking.
At a Hong Kong tailor shop
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
In Soviet Weekly
There will be a Moscow Exhibition of the Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
In an East African newspaper
A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
Advertisement of a Hong Kong dentist
Teeth extracted by the latest methodists.
In a Russian book on chess
A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand
Would you like to ride your own ass?
On a faucet in a Finnish restroom
To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
In the window of a Swedish furrier
Fur coats made for the ladies from their own skin.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan
Stop -- Drive sideways.
At a Bangkok temple
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed like a man.
In a Tokyo bar
Special cocktail for the ladies with nuts.
On the door of a Roman doctor's office
Specialist in women and other diseases.
Instructions accompanying new Japanese air conditioners
Cooles and heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
Signs at two Majorcan shops
English well talking
Here speeching American.
In a Paris hotel elevator
Do not enter lift backwards, and only when lit up.
In an Athens hotel
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily.
In a Yugoslavian hotel
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
In a Japanese hotel
You are invited to take advantage of the women who are employed to clean the room.
At a Moscow hotel across the street from a Russian Orthodox monastery
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
In a Hong Kong tailor shop
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Inside a Thailand dry cleaners
Drop your trousers here for best results.
At a German campground
It is strictly forbidden on our Black Forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
Outside a Rome laundry
Ladies, please leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Czech tourist agency brochure
Take one of our horse-drawn city tours. We guarantee no miscarriages.
At a Swiss mountain inn
Special Today -- NO ICE CREAM.
Slogan of a Dutch airline
We take your bags and send them in all directions.
At a Moscow hotel
If this is your first visit to the Soviet Union, you're welcome to it.
Inside a Swedish lounge
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
At an Acapulco restaurant
We are pleased to announce that the manager has personally passed all the water served here.
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forwarding an email to everyone
31/08/06
Have a great day!
&
For those who didn't care enough to ask me
How I was this morning...
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31/08/06
hope you'd like
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29/08/06
KeelHaul
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28/08/06
http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/
From <s>Snackboy</s> Keelhaul comes this fyne link... home of many a sweet-as nautical accessory, including my current favorite: the 'giant bilge rat'...
Related posts:
Pop-up Pirate!
28/08/06
Not only be he poppin UP-like, if you catch the drift of me TradeWind, but spy ye the brand name?
http://www.ilovebacon.com/022405/f.shtml
:::
An' don't they have the best logo ever on Ilovebacon.com?
Related posts:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
As R3 member <s>Taskmaster</s> Fangledtoof reminded us last week, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day in a few weeks, so study up!
Of course, 'round here, it's ALWAYS TLaPD.... but hey.
Related posts:
- Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008
- Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day 19 September 09
- Talk Like a Pirate Day T-SHirt from Busted- Promotion!
Look, it's random enough that they used a nutty pirate theme to dress up this mundane quiz about... whatever it's about... but man, when you choose incorrectly!
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Iron West
27/08/06
Story and Art: Douglas TenNapel
I had planned a review of this for weeks now, going over it in my head, trying to convey how utterly Bitching this book is. Finally, I decided to let Doug (Of Earthworm Jim fame) tell you in his own pictures, as they convey the sickness better than any other:
You MUST buy this book. Now. It is a moral imperative.
Otherwise, I'll be forced to have the Giant Transforming Train Robot crush you.
11/10 SPLAMS!
Olin Fnard
Now Playing: Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In The Sky
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