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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Protesting - Syrian Style

I received the following in an email from a friend. Now, let's be honest, this may very well just be a photoshop joke. Or, it could be real. But, either way, it's funny as hell.


This picture is not doctored. Most Syrians struggle to even read Arabic, much less have a clue about English.

So, how do a group of Syrian protest leaders create the most impact with their signs by having the standard "Death To Americans"(etc.) slogans printed in English?

Answer: They simply hire an English-speaking civilian to translate and write their statements into English. Unfortunately, in this case, they were unaware that the "civilian" insurance company employee hired for the job was a retired US Army sergeant!

Obviously, pictures of this protest rally never made their way through the Arab TV networks, but the results were "Priceless"!


Bus fare to anti-U.S. Rally - $0.50
Paint and canvas protest signs - $32.00
Asking a retired U.S. Sergeant to translate your anti American Slogans - PRICELESS

10 comments:

  1. http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/bombus.asp

    funny none the less

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  2. Like I said, it may well be. Do you think I should take it down then?

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  3. I ran it too, last year some time. I'm not taking mine down. They can pull it from my cold dead hands.

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  4. How about if some nice gal tries to get you to take it down, Dag?

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  5. keep it up, it may not be legit, but it's funny as shit.

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  6. I've seen this one before, but I haven't tired of it.

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  7. Leave it, fake or not.

    I love it, like a fine wine it gets better with age.

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  8. I will keep mine up for any pretty girl I can find. Don't thaknk me. It's just the kind of guy I am.

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