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Aug 5, 2007

Blame Canada

Herbie wuz here
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Project Number:

A cartoon by Robert Mullan

What do you expect of a live fire exercise at the end of the fiscal year, ammunition?

OTTAWA - When Herbie served with the Canadian Army as a private, his antics regularly landed him in newspapers.

Created by cartoonist William "Bing" Coughlin, the heroic, chinless Herbie became a popular icon at the front in the Second World War. By the end of the war Herbie was appearing in at least 30 daily newspapers across Canada in addition to the Maple Leaf.

Troops voted him "Canadian Man of the Year" in 1944, and "Herbie wuz here" graffiti marked the path of the Canadian advance. Herbie came to be so identified with the Canadian infantry private, that Canadian soldiers became known as "Herbies."


Then, as now, cartoons and caricatures poked fun at the human condition. It was at just such moments that the cartoonist's commentary on military life and discipline often brought a chuckle that relieved tension. Things would often be so bad that, as the saying goes - you had to laugh!

Bing Coughlin

William "Bing" Coughlin, Member of the Order of the British Empire, was born in Ottawa
and saw action in Sicily with the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. He later served as
cartoonist with the Maple Leaf.

http://www.army.gc.ca/lf/English/6_1_1.asp?id=99



~~~http://www.kilroywashere.org/001-Pages/01-0KilroySightings-2.html


Posted by el Duderino at 5.8.07

I am not Uncouth






uncouth

From Wiktionary

Contents


English


Etymology

Old English uncūþ, corresponding to un- + couth.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ʌnˈku:θ/

Adjective

uncouth (comparative uncouther, superlative uncouthest)
Positive
uncouth
Comparative
uncouther
Superlative
uncouthest
  1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign
  2. Clumsy, awkward
  3. Unrefined, crude.

Translations

  1. strano
  2. goffo
  3. rozzo, grossolano

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uncouth"
Posted by el Duderino at 5.8.07

Aug 4, 2007

Pre-Scientologist fictional dialogues

Joel's Mother: Joel?
Joel: Yes, Mom?
Joel's Mother: Can I talk to you for a minute? What happened to my egg?
Joel: What do you mean?
Joel's Mother: There's a crack in it!
Joel: You're kidding!
Joel's Mother: No, Joel, I'm not kidding. There's a small crack, inside the egg.
Joel's Father: What's wrong?
Joel's Mother: My egg is ruined.
Joel's Father: What happened?
Joel: I don't know.
Joel's Mother: You don't know.
Joel: Mom, maybe it was there before.
Joel's Mother: I don't think so, Joel. How could you let this happen?
Joel: I'm sorry.
Joel's Mother: This is so damned irresponsible of you!
Joel's Father: We'll get another one. Joel will pay for it.
Joel: Sure, I'll pay for it.
Joel's Mother: Where will you get the money to pay for something like that? I'm very disappointed in you. [walks out]
Joel's Father: She'll be all right. Why don't you put in some yard work?
Joel's Father: Do you have something to tell me?
Joel: No...I don't think so.
Joel's Father: I just got off the telephone with Bill Rutherford. Apparently, you two had quite a meeting. "Princeton can use a guy like Joel."
Joel: What?
Joel's Father: "Princeton can use a guy like Joel." His exact words!
Joel: That's unbelievable!
Joel's Father: You're as good as in! I knew you could do it! Haven't I been telling you, sometimes you have to say: "What the heck!" Take some chances.
Joel: You were so right.
Joel's Father: You've made me very proud.
Lana: Guess we won't see each other for awhile.
Joel: I know.
Lana: Are you going straight home now?
Joel: I don't know. Why?
Lana: It might be nice if we spent the evening together.
Joel: I'd really like that. [pause] How much have you got on you?
Lana: How much have I got on me?
Joel: Yeah.
Lana: I've got twenty bucks.
Joel: Twenty bucks, Lana? What are we going to do about this?
Lana: Well, it's just that I don't have that much on me.
Lana: Can I send it to you?
Joel: Can you send it to me?
Lana: 'Cause I don't have that much here. How about I write you a check?
Joel: Do you think I'd take a check from you? What am I, stupid?
Lana: I have a bond at the bank.



excerpt from "Risky Business" 1983
Posted by el Duderino at 4.8.07
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