Jihad!

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-07-30 04:34pm

Today's Operation Freedom Fry pic ...

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-07-30 07:39pm

And the cannons lit up like the eyes of Allah.

God I love Team America.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-08-01 02:21am

Why are those guys shooting at the sky?

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-08-01 06:13am

Are those... muskets?

That sure seems to be black powder burning...

As for what operation Freedom Fry is, I have no idea. I suspect it is somehow linked to the notion of renaming "French Fries" into "Freedom Fries"...

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:12pm

'Freedom fries' was, originally, one of those really stupid patriotic jingoisms that came about after 9/11. The Freedom Fry forum, as far as I understand it, has been taking pictures about the Iraq/middle east war and everything related to it, and adding humourous captions.

~Damienkitty

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:17pm

As far as the pic goes...

"The moslem army, in their naval invasion of Wisconsin from Lake Michigan, would often distract the defending forces by releasing fine looking wild turkeys into the air outside of hunting season."

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:21pm

hilaryduff wrote:Chmee is taking pictures of the iraq war? How does that relate to the pic in the OP?

The ship has crescent moons on its sails, the symbol of the Islamic religion, if I'm not mistaken. Seeing as how the middle east is pretty much the seat of this religion, and the conflict is centered around there, the pic fits. It's a very tenuous connection, but the picture itself is rife with humourous potential, so only a slight connection is needed.

Oh, and no, Chmee isn't taking pictures of the war (I'm assuming), she's taking other people's photographs and adding new captions to them.

~Damienkitty

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:24pm

hilaryduff wrote:That pic doesn't have anything to do with Iraq, Wisconsin, or Lake Michigan. I don't get it.

Well, it's a subtle humour. The dissection of the joke: The ship has crescent moons on the sails, thus I label it as moslem. It is on the water, so I labeled that Lake Michigan. The people in the foreground are shooting into the air. Thus, I took a little artistic license, and poked a little fun at my own home state, by implying that Wisconsin is full of hunting-obsessed drunkards who could be distracted from defending their homes by the presence of game-animals to shoot.

~Damienkitty

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:26pm

Chmee is an obscure male K'zin. I assume its not a female.

Bleh, totally right. Chmee used to have a female in his avatar. Combine that with the fact that, to me at least, 'Chmee' is a feminine sounding name, and I tend to get his gender mixed up.

~Damienkitty

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2005-08-01 11:30pm

Hilaryduff wrote:Oh, you never heard of 'Chmee' before?

Not everyone who browses this forum is an expert in all things sci-fi. I have enough of a passing knowledge to not get involved in things that are over my head, and generally not embarrass myself in the things I do get involved in.

~Damienkitty