russellmz Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 i remember once seeing a fairly disturbing/funny poster that had the death of cartoon people named for each letter of the alphabet: francis who met up with a stranger, george who drank too much gin, harold who poked himself in the eye, etc. i forgot the name of it does anybody know? it was all black, with white drawings of the people before their ends. it's title was something like the "grisly grimley's"... since i was bored i made up my own grimly/grisly cm names : (german version) if you're easily disturbed by a one ine sentence describing a death, don't read on. Alf who stayed in the bunker Bernhard who got flamed Clemens who couldn't see the sharpshooter Dieter who ran into an ambush Eugen who was too slow in retreating Fritz who wanted to see the artillery barrage Gottfried whose Mark IV brewed up Heinz who ran out of ammo Ingo who stayed in the building too long Joachim who refused to run Karl who led the attack Ludwig who was too brave Martin who abandoned his Tiger Nikolausr who missed the Firefly Otto who didn't like Jabos Per who laughed at the Shermans Rudolf who got ahead of the infantry Sigmund who panicked Tobias who tried to earn a medal Ulf who had too much faith in his Panther Volker who still carried his MG-42 Wolfgang who ignored the sound contact Xavier who tried to cross the open field ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-28-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 You're thinking of The Gashleycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. A is for Amy who fell down the stairs B is for Basil, assaulted by bears... etc. It's probably on the web somewhere, as well it should be. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 10-28-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 The original was in verse, as I recall. Hop to it! Hrm, let's see. A is for Alfred, whose bunker was shelled, B is for Bertram; the Schwerpunkte held. C is for Charlie, who charged with his Sherman, D is for David, allergic to Germans. E is for Ennis, his BAR jammed, F is for Franklin; the pillbox was manned. G is for Gary, who stepped on a mine, H is for Horace, who drowned in the Rhine. I is for Ian, who forgot the code, J is for Johnny, who fell sick when it snowed. K is for Karl, whose wife divorced him, L is for Leo, whose halftrack unhorsed him. M is for Manny, took one chance too many, N is for Nelson, refused to take any. O is for Olaf, who tried to cheat death, P is for Peter, he breathed his last breath. Q is for Quentin, took one 'tween the eyes, R is for Raymond, bombs rained from the skies. S is for Steven, despised by his men, T is for Thomas, grabbed the wrong end of a Bren. U is for Uwe, the guards thought him a Kraut, V is for Victor, who flummoxed about. W is for William, crushed under the tread, X is for Xerxes, who picked the booby-trapped bed, Y is for Yorick, who was shot in the head, Z is for Zeke, who's just plain ole dead. Hmm, the rhymed couplet makes a nice break from Combaiku form. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. [This message has been edited by Chupacabra (edited 10-28-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNZer Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 haha brilliant Chupie PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted October 28, 2000 Author Share Posted October 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeterNZer: haha brilliant Chupie PeterNZ<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i agree! thanks for the info, going to look it up now. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted October 29, 2000 Author Share Posted October 29, 2000 verse, huh? hmmmm. not as good as Chupacabra's but... Alf who the SS said was to blame Bernhard who was hit with flame Clemens who led the last attack Dieter who left a Tiger hit in the track Eugen who was too slow in retreating Fritz who received an artillery beating Gottfried who had too much courage Heinz who waltzed into the bocage Ingo whose Lynx wasn't very strong Joachim who stayed in the building too long Karl who didn't like the Jabo Ludwig who ran out of ammo Martin who didn't see the sharpshooter's gun Nikolausr who refused to run Otto who laughed at the Sherman Per who was misidentified by Herman Quentin who was too panicky Rudolf who got ahead of the infantry Sigmund who missed the Firefly with his 'faust Tobias who tried to win an Iron Cross Ulf who had too much faith in his Panther Volker who met a tank destroyer Wolfgang who saw a 155mm at Aachen Xavier who mocked his captor and his Bren Yorick who still carried his MG-42 Zeke(german name?)who stepped on duds with his shoe ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pillar Posted October 29, 2000 Share Posted October 29, 2000 Just out of curiosity and genuine sincerity of interest, and please don't take this the wrong way, but why is this stuff "Funny" and "Brilliant" as opposed to the "insulting" and "disturbing" nature of the alchohol ad posted at adcritic.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted October 29, 2000 Author Share Posted October 29, 2000 to be honest, i was questioning whether it was in good taste or not to post. but i thought that since i pasted that little warning and i wondered if anyone knew the title i thought it would be ok. in the end i thought the The Gashleycrumb Tinies were more humorous than disturbing. since we are basically describing stuff that happens in cm (with a few exceptions, one in between eyes, ss said was to blame) it is kinda hard to make a case that it's horrible and in bad taste and then fire up cm and waste some germs/ameris/brits/poles/canadians with Tigers and 240mm rounds. IMHO i'm glad some people aren't as innoculated against violence and disturbing stuff as me ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted October 29, 2000 Share Posted October 29, 2000 Pillar - I laughed at the Jim Beam ad, so don't look at me ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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