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Just Old Al wrote:

Catawampus wrote: All of mine are British editions, with the puns and jokes apparently changed to match. I don't recall anything that I obviously missed out on, but it's hard to tell with that sort of thing sometimes. I wonder what the American editions are like?

Asterix drives for NASCAR.... and Obelix is renamed Bubba.

Running.....

*smack*

Nope at nope dot com.

Unless you fancy me illustrating that one scene regarding Mori and Drey...shaking off conditioning.

DinkyInky wrote:

Just Old Al wrote: Asterix drives for NASCAR.... and Obelix is renamed Bubba.

Running.....

*smack*

Nope at nope dot com.

Unless you fancy me illustrating that one scene regarding Mori and Drey...shaking off conditioning.

Give him a little warning and Al might well win that fight...though best not to try.

Unless they sphinx out. You might be an old warrior, Al, but that's the thing: you're an old warrior.

Neil has more experience and a younger body.

Hell, Glytch wouldn't last very long against one sphinx - he could run away for a little while, but Sphinxes can fly.

lake_wrangler wrote:

Hansontoons wrote:I have two other Tintin books that are in French. I bought them after high school, at the time thinking " I took two years French language class, no problem!". After flipping through several pages, I came to the conclusion that Je ne parle enough Francaise. I suppose I could mail them to that Lake guy that speeka da lingo, he would enjoy them!

Yes, I'm sure I would, indeed, enjoy reading them en français...

If you let me know how much the postage is, I'll gladly defray the cost... Do you have a PayPal account? You can PM me, if you're serious about this, with the postage cost and your PayPal account name, and I'll reply with my address.

Here are the two en français, let me know if you are still interested. If yes, they are yours.

The Mysterious Star cover has minor condition issue (tape stain) from being next to the book I did binding repair with packing tape.

Jabberwonky wrote: . . . My brother and I discovered Tin Tin and Snowy at the public library in Sanford Fla. . . .

In the 1970s and into the early 1980s, the local clinic (in a logging town) had several english copies of TinTIn in the kids waiting area . . . For all I know they're still there! (Though they'd have to be new copies . . .)

--FreeFlier

Hansontoons wrote:Here are the two en français, let me know if you are still interested. If yes, they are yours.

The Mysterious Star cover has minor condition issue (tape stain) from being next to the book I did binding repair with packing tape.

Huh... I used to have L'Étoile Mystérieuse, but do not seem to have it anymore. Neat. And I think I've read Tintin En Amérique once, a long, long time ago...

So yeah, I'm definitely interested. If you can find out how much it would cost to ship to Montréal, Québec (postal code H2E 2C6, if they ask), then PM me the amount and your PayPal account, if you have one,or your address, if you don't, so I can send you the money. Of course, don't mail anything until I've paid, as it won't be immediate, but should be within the next 3 to 4 weeks at the most.

GlytchMeister wrote:Unless they sphinx out. You might be an old warrior, Al, but that's the thing: you're an old warrior.

Neil has more experience and a younger body.

Hell, Glytch wouldn't last very long against one sphinx - he could run away for a little while, but Sphinxes can fly.

Neil was an old warrior when he 'seduced' Phix. A sphinx will use a swipe very similar to what a big cat will do- get inside of the swipe and use it's momentum to plant your foot in the critter's nose... try to avoid the mouth, that never goes well. You have a brief moment where the blow to the snout will overwhelm the senses- use that to deliver a death blow, choke the shit out of the thing or run like hell.

No big deal...

Sgt. Howard wrote:No big deal...

You have a truly delightful talent for understatement, Sarge... it is a pleasure to watch.

Sgt. Howard wrote: . . . A sphinx will use a swipe very similar to what a big cat will do- get inside of the swipe . . .

Amusingly, this is also a good strategy when too close to a "steam" shovel - get inside. You can actually go in between the tracks in that situation! (But avoid getting pinched.)

Of course, the best strategy is to not get that close in the first place!

--FreeFlier

Dave wrote:

Sgt. Howard wrote:No big deal...

You have a truly delightful talent for understatement, Sarge... it is a pleasure to watch.

[Al mode]

To quote the reprehensible redneck, "What you call trouble, we call sport."

And as far as those two idiots go, I did NOT say they would be surviving the incident. I have, despite my dam's insistence, no interest in a harem.

[/Al mode]

Just Old Al wrote:

Dave wrote:

Sgt. Howard wrote:No big deal...

You have a truly delightful talent for understatement, Sarge... it is a pleasure to watch.

[Al mode]

To quote the reprehensible redneck, "What you call trouble, we call sport."

And as far as those two idiots go, I did NOT say they would be surviving the incident. I have, despite my dam's insistence, no interest in a harem.

[/Al mode]

Sounds like a case of, "Hold mah beer an' watch this!"

Just Old Al wrote:

Catawampus wrote: All of mine are British editions, with the puns and jokes apparently changed to match. I don't recall anything that I obviously missed out on, but it's hard to tell with that sort of thing sometimes. I wonder what the American editions are like?

Asterix drives for NASCAR.... and Obelix is renamed Bubba.

Running.....

Somebody said something about NASCAR?
(Basis for design shamelessly ripped-off from interwebs...)

Cute...

Hansontoons wrote:Somebody said something about NASCAR?

Edit: Funny Picture

(Basis for design shamelessly ripped-off from interwebs...)

We need a version which really represents these two mythic characters in the modern Internet age.

Asterix and Hashtag.

Dave wrote:We need a version which really represents these two mythic characters in the modern Internet age.

Asterix and Hashtag.

Peuh-lease! It was bad enough when they met aliens!

lake_wrangler wrote:

Dave wrote:We need a version which really represents these two mythic characters in the modern Internet age.

Asterix and Hashtag.

Peuh-lease! It was bad enough when they met aliens!

Egads. That makes me glad I didn't keep reading the series after high school.

lake_wrangler wrote: Peuh-lease! It was bad enough when they met aliens!

That is wrong on SO many levels...

Just Old Al wrote:

lake_wrangler wrote: Peuh-lease! It was bad enough when they met aliens!

That is wrong on SO many levels...

Yeah, I know. I shoulda drawed Obelix carrying a stack of tires (tyres for you furriners) like he carries Menhir.

Hansontoons wrote: Yeah, I know. I shoulda drawed Obelix carrying a stack of tires (tyres for you furriners) like he carries Menhir.

That was a truly twisted rendition - all the way down to the Richard Petty hat...BRAVO! I laughed long and hard when I saw it.