Karthak
08-14-2007, 06:31 PM
I found this little pearl in one of Marvel's MAX imprint comics:
1: Many moons ago the greatest nation on earth sent spies to a tiny country in a part of the world they wanted a foothold in. The spies took a look around and went back to tell their bosses what was what.
The south, they said, is full of lazy, corrupt cowards who will run in terror at the first sight of trouble, but in the north the people are tough little peasant farmers, who will fight like hell for what they believe in. We should back them.
But they're communists, said the bosses.
Yes, said the spies, but not the kind that we are worried about. The farmers are not bent of global domination like the soviets. They want nothing more than to live their lives and land to grow their crops, and will stick by anyone who grants them those things. We should back them.
But they're communists, said the bosses.
And fifteen years of bodybags and G.I.S on smack and massive domestic unrest and nothing to show for it LATER, the spies went to the bosses and said: Nice going, assholes. A truly spectacular piece of self-buggery. Told you we should have backed the North.
BUT, said the bosses, THEY are...
2: Is this true?
1: The most terrifying word in their language. Not one in a thousand of them knows how to spell it.
1: Many moons ago the greatest nation on earth sent spies to a tiny country in a part of the world they wanted a foothold in. The spies took a look around and went back to tell their bosses what was what.
The south, they said, is full of lazy, corrupt cowards who will run in terror at the first sight of trouble, but in the north the people are tough little peasant farmers, who will fight like hell for what they believe in. We should back them.
But they're communists, said the bosses.
Yes, said the spies, but not the kind that we are worried about. The farmers are not bent of global domination like the soviets. They want nothing more than to live their lives and land to grow their crops, and will stick by anyone who grants them those things. We should back them.
But they're communists, said the bosses.
And fifteen years of bodybags and G.I.S on smack and massive domestic unrest and nothing to show for it LATER, the spies went to the bosses and said: Nice going, assholes. A truly spectacular piece of self-buggery. Told you we should have backed the North.
BUT, said the bosses, THEY are...
2: Is this true?
1: The most terrifying word in their language. Not one in a thousand of them knows how to spell it.