Image of the Day : Crock

by Paulo Coelho on December 19, 2008

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Tania December 21, 2008 at 11:07 pm

And it was a great sleep in ! I love the 7 th day !! Blessings Tania

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Alexandra December 20, 2008 at 9:25 am

I didnt understand it.Or it is about the oddity of the war?The lack of sense?I remember the play “Waiting for Godot”.Seem something related to it.?Anyway,war is always stupid.

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Pandora December 19, 2008 at 7:54 pm

Hi Thelma, thanks for the film clip, it looks like I will need tissues for this one. I don’t think I should take credit for reminding about the Miracle that occured in 1914, maybe the author of this Blog perhaps..

Thanks to everyone

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THELMA December 19, 2008 at 5:07 pm

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/327278/Joyeux-Noel/trailers
Merry Christmas, film. Thank you Pandora for reminding us the story. It was adapted for the cinema. A wonderful film.
LOVE,
Thelma

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Pandora December 19, 2008 at 4:56 pm

1914!…..please excuse my error

Google is genius Thelma – I agree

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THELMA December 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Bill Rechin and Don Wilder

Crock was created in 1975 by Bill Rechin, Don Wilder and Brant Parker, and has become the greatest and longest-running parody of the Foreign Legion classic, Beau Geste.
The genius of the off-the-wall strip is that it manages to turn the established conventions of the Foreign Legion melodrama upside down. A group of luckless legionnaires live in a fort in the middle of the desert under Commandant Vermin P. Crock, a tyrannical leader who is known to “hang people by their thumbs for the silliest mistakes.”

Crock chronicles the adventures of Vermin P. Crock and the other characters stationed at their grim desert outpost including the cowardly Captain Poulet, the simple-minded Maggot and camp-follower Grossie.

Crock was recently introduced as part of Universal Studios’ new theme park, “Islands of Adventure” in Orlando, Florida. Crock’s fort is one of the anchors for the park’s “Toon Lagoon” attraction, joining other nationally syndicated comics in the three-dimensional displays.

Crock is distributed worldwide by King Features Syndicate to more than 200 newspapers worldwide.

I found the above in the ..Wise..Google!
I like the satire and parody[παρωδία], they make us able to see life in an optimistic way. The pictures above show that anything can become a … routine.
LOVE,
Thelma

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Pandora December 19, 2008 at 2:33 pm

It reminds me of the Christmas Truce in 1918

Kurt Zehmisch of the 134th Saxons recorded in his diary:

“Thus Christmas, the celebration of Love, managed to bring mortal enemies together as friends for a time.’

for more detail follow the link:

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm

I like that he called Christmas a celebration of Love, and wish all wars would stop even for a day once more…

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sido December 19, 2008 at 1:18 pm

…”we’re sleeping in . Make it the third dawn ..” Et puis laissez tomber , venez boire un café avec nous !!

LE PLUS BEAU EST LE JOUR QUI VIENT ( baigné dans la lumière de l’amour , de la paix et du bonheur quotidien )

P.S. :J’en profite pour dire à tous : bonne et heureuse année 2009 (à vous aussi Paulo ! ! ! ) , quelle vous garde dans la paix et l’amour grandissant

… ” We’ re sleeping car in. Make it the third dawn.. ” And then drop, come to drink a coffee with us!!

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ARE THE DAY WHICH COMES ( bathed in the light of the love, the peace and the daily happiness )

I take advantage of it to say in all: happy New Year 2009 (to you too Paulo!!!), which guards you in the peace and the increasing love

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Hola December 19, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Must be Sunday Sleeping In !

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