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Category: China • Humour • Language
Posted on: June 2, 2011 7:20 PM, by Martin R
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Heh, heh. I saw some amusing T-shirts with "English" messages in Japan but don't recall the particulars. Speaking of heroes, has there been much of a fuss over the fact that Li Na has reached the finals of the French Open? Did it even make the news where you are?
Posted by: Bob Carlson | June 2, 2011 10:03 PM
Remember the old days, when you could tell armies apart?
There isn't anything about that guy's uniform to let you know he's PRC.
Posted by: HP | June 2, 2011 11:07 PM
...so they don't develop manual asymmetry.
Posted by: AnonymousCoward | June 2, 2011 11:08 PM
Hmm...there are two possible interpretations. Apart from the sexual one, it could mean "whack/kill our heroes".
And considering their past performance, they should wear easily recognisable storm trooper outfits. Or at least the stahlhelm.
Posters glorifying soldiers around the world seem to attract the artistic hacks who lack any sense of irony. In East Berlin, during the celebrations (sic!) of the 20th anniversary of building the Wall, I saw lots of posters with heroic East German soldiers* in closed ranks, over the text "Fur Unser Sicherheit".
*They wore not quite the stahlhelm of WWII, it was rather like the dress uniform storm trooper helmet of Star Wars
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(OT) New DNA research suggests second migration influx of early farmers to Europe http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-dna-migration-influx-early-farmers.html
Posted by: Birger Johansson | June 3, 2011 5:40 AM
It does seem like a cheap and effective way to improve morale, and encouraging the general populace to provide the service is a lot more charming than running official army brothels.
Birger Johansson @ #3:
On a historical side-note, the helmet which the East German Army (NVA) used was the last production variant of the Nazi Wehrmacht Stahlhelm, with a shape optimized for enhanced splinter deflection and neck protection. Only a few were produced before the end of WWII, but the GDR later reactivated the production lines for its own purposes.
Posted by: Phillip IV | June 3, 2011 6:19 AM
Did your wife tell you what the Chinese characters said?
I think the red start and the shoulder patches say "China" to those in the know. I think the general look is every military with money immitating the US.
Posted by: SM | June 3, 2011 9:59 AM
YuSie tells me that the Chinese script says "Be our hero (es)".
Posted by: Martin R | June 3, 2011 11:07 AM
Doctor Who doing (away with) all kinds of armed aliens, accompanied by gangster rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArQ7rhf0jAY
Bleeah, aliens created by such cheap rubber costumes deserve to being done. Die, motherfucker, die!
Posted by: Birger Johansson | June 3, 2011 3:59 PM
At last some proper storm troopers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drtTGRjHH9s
I may have posted this before, but I like the soundtrack
(Jesusmarsch, by Swizz goth band Jesus And the Gurus)
BTW the SS-Ahnenerbe did sponsor a real expedition to the Arctic once (the morons were looking for the entrance to Earth's interior, Tarzan's "Pellucidar"). This has nothing to do with China, except possibly the expedition they sent to Tibet, resulting in a nice film 60 years later.
Posted by: Birger Johansson | June 3, 2011 4:16 PM
Any fool knows it's in the crater of Snæfellsjökull
Posted by: dustbubble | June 3, 2011 7:01 PM
Posted by: Bob O'H | June 4, 2011 3:41 AM
Thanks Martin. I guess both versions are aimed at attracting recruits :)
Posted by: SM | June 4, 2011 10:36 AM