They teach this in the British armed forces to this day you know. However now there is a difference. In the past you had to rely on gall and phlegm. Gall and phlegm made empire! Now you can take all the hi-tech background absorbing combat pre-resolved uniforms but they won't hold up against a good pair of khaki shorts worn by a staff sergeant on the run. This man, Dougal, can hide behind this pile of rubble all day and all night and not get discovered. This is one of reasons why the British won the war and the other allies proved again they were just mere "hanger oners". Sorry Yanks. The moment you can demonstrate that you can participate in a major conflict in a pair of shorts you earn the right to enter the pantheon of manly nations.
Just when you think you are the high flyer someone else has to come diving down on your parade. Stuka Sunday is never caught out by a confused or mixed metaphor and flys on regardless.
When is a Sherman Tank not a Sherman Tank? Most times a Sherman is a Sherman, but this time things appear to be different. The old adage of "if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck means it must be a ...." might not apply in this situation. Sure it looks like Sherman Tank but there doesn't appear to be enough of it. If anything it appears to be a bogey short of a full tread.
Two Sunderlands! A magnificent answer to seemingly simple yet almost impossible question. Sunderland's are not often portrayed outside of their solitary occupation. So to see two in the same place is very rare.
Junkanoo Float
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In the James Bond movie, Thunderball, he attends a Junkanoo festival with
floats. I am doing James Bond as one of my project and I am basing him on
the ...
F is for ____
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*Fail Safe (Jan, 2013)* *Faith of My Fathers (Sept, 2017)*
*Farewell to Arms, A (1932) (July, 2024)*
*Fate of Man, The (July, 2023)* *Father Goose /...
It's KO-FI Time! Check out my new online shop
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This is a one-off post just to give my new website a plug. I've now joined
Ko-Fi and will be selling my comics there from now on instead of eBay.
I'l...
A Fond Adieu...
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On February 11, 2005, I began working on the blog that became Random Acts
of Geekery, and for nearly 12 1/2 years, with a few exceptions, there've
been pos...
A Zombie Apocalypse? Not again!
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Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Pre and Post-Apocalyptic, Pre Dystopian, etc etc..
If you believe what you see on the TV screen, a zombie apocalypse is coming
an...
Berni Wrightson's Classic SWAMP THING!
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*CLASSIC.*
clas·sic - \ˈkla-sik\
adjective
*1.* a *:* serving as a standard of excellence *:* of recognized value [
*classic* literary works]
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Not your average hostage situation
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I'm at Bruce Willis fan. There. I said it.
But my most favourite of his films from recent years is, not surprisingly,
not the latest die hard movies (in sp...
Hiroshi Sato - Super Market (1976)
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Some readers may know the late Japanese pianist Hiroshi Sato from his
excellent *Awakening* record with Wendy Matthews, or his work with ...
Wallace Wood and the Art of Self Promotion
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I can vividly recall the first time I encountered the work of the late,
great Wallace Wood at his full-on, no holds barred, sci-fi driven best. It
was wit...
Flying to…
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Jane-Emily
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Jane-Emily
by Patricia Clapp
published by Dell Books
Copyright 1969
Cover Illustation: Robert McGinnis
"She's dead, I tell you!
Emily's dead!"
Louisa wan...
Metal Men
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEkOPf0mJk
Thanks to my buddy Michael Anthony Carroll for the heads up! DC Nation will
be debuting a new Metal Men cartoon on ...
Out to Sea
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Apologies for the long radio silence here at *The Danger Digest*. Rest
assured the doors aren't permanently shuttered. I've just been recharging
my crea...
You've really piqued my interest
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As I am sure you are all aware, there's been a bit of a fuss in recent
times pertaining to women of Islamic faith being allowed to wear their
Hijab, or he...
Take any War Picture Library, Battle Picture Library or Commando comic and you will always find those famous last words “arrgghhhhh” or even “donner und blitzen”.
Cowards try to prove themselves or officers interfere by trying to run battles “by the book”. The enemy is treacherous. Mysterious locations hold significant secrets. Sometimes a simple gun is the focal point of a unique karmic destiny.
There are those who are lost or left behind enemy lines where they invariably make a discovery – a hidden base, a wonder weapon or a traitor. The host of intangible struggles are often more significant such as the dark secret, the family shame, the family curse or the stigma of not being like the other chaps.
Strangely enough for stories about war and battle the killed the dead and the dying are usually absent.
There's a lot to like (and make fun of) among the dramatic titles, fantastic artwork, impossible stories, daring heroes, nasty bad guys, body building and not quite diamond rings advertisements.