Tehran Times: Iran's president is a swine

[DanishDynamite]

A Danish "artist group" (whatever that is) has managed to get this (http://www.jp.dk/indland/artikel:aiid=4147642:img=2/) advertisement printed in the state controlled newspaper Tehran Times in Iran. Under the picture of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad there are five sentences apparently supporting the official Iranian view of things. But if you look at the first capitalized letter of each sentence.... :)

I just wish they hadn't signed themselves as "Danes for World Peace".

[Beerina]

That sounds too funny to be true. I hope it is true!

[steverino]

It's very subtle, but if this was deliberate, maybe it will get more attention in other papers and forums, which would be awesome.

[Ralph]

I have a strange feeling that the Tehran Times will be looking for a new editor by the end of the week.

[WildCat]

Reminds me of this little epitaph (http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/headstone.asp).

Nice one "Danes for World Peace"!

[DanishDynamite]

It's very subtle, but if this was deliberate, maybe it will get more attention in other papers and forums, which would be awesome.
Oh, it is entirely deliberate. The reason I know about this is because I just read an article in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten (http://www.jp.dk/indland/artikel:aid=4147642/) where the spokesman for the group describes what they did. The group is called "Surrend" and has apparently done similar stunts in other countries.

ETA: Here (http://www.surrend.org/) is their (pretty lousy) Danish homepage. Apparently they have done similar stuff in Serbia, Belarus, Ankara, Poland, Sri Lanka and the Færoe Islands.

[hgc]

ETA: Here (http://www.surrend.org/) is their (pretty lousy) Danish homepage. Apparently they have done similar stuff in Serbia, Belarus, Ankara, Poland, Sri Lanka and the Færoe Islands.
The Færoe Islands? Why pick on them?

[DanishDynamite]

The Færoe Islands? Why pick on them?
Because the Færoese are still a very anti-gay community. The Surrend group apparently got an advertisement printed which said (to effect): "I'm a Faroise, hence I'm a closetgay!"

[steverino]

"I'm a Faroise, hence I'm a closetgay!"

OMG! "Obscure axes to grind for two hundred, Alex."

[WildCat]

"I'm a Faroise, hence I'm a closetgay!"
Hey, what happens in the Færoe Islands stays in the Færoe Islands.

[steverino]

By 2008,
It will soon happen for
Those of us who
Can't wait for
Hillary!


(Get it?) :D

[DanishDynamite]

By 2008,
It will soon happen for
Those of us who
Can't wait for
Hillary!


(Get it?) :D
See if you can get it in print! :)

[peptoabysmal]

:dl:

HAHAHA!

Danes Rock!

[Art Vandelay]

Please,
everyone:
no
deviance
against
normal
typing;
should be "We, also, are tired of Bush".

[geni]

You know there was a time when people trying to cause international incerdents could be expected to act with some maturity.

[shemp]

Hey, what happens in the Færoe Islands stays in the Færoe Islands.

Maybe they should change the name of the place to the Færy Islands?

[Darth Rotor]

Please,
everyone:
no
deviance
against
normal
typing;
should be "We, also, are tired of Bush".
Art, a pendant is a piece of jewelry, a pedant is someone who obsesses over minor academic points.

You'd have done better to try something like:

Please
Eliminate
Deviance
Against
Normal
Typing

But first, you have to know what word you are trying to use. ;)

DR

[marksman]

You know, if I had seen the article without DD's commentary, I would have thought the advertisement was calling Bush a swine, not Ahmedinejad. The Danes really need to hone up on their comic tweaking of Iran. Maybe they could take a cue from people who are actually funny (http://religiousfreaks.com/israeli-anti-semitic-cartoon-contest/)

;)

[BPSCG]

I'm waiting for this to show up in Drudge.

[steverino]

I would like to get a new expression into our common language like "Catch-22," or, "It's all good." So here it is...

"That will go over like a gay bar in the Færoe Islands."

[brodski]

Franky, the artists in the OP are amateurs.
THIS is how it's done
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,419555,00.html

[steverino]

Franky, the artists in the OP are armatures.
THIS is how it's done
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,419555,00.html


From the above link:

"Mr Pollard was among the first of several high-profile departures from the Express after the takeover by Northern & Shell, publishers of the celebrity and soft porn titles OK! and Asian Babes."

That takeover will go over like a gay bar in the Faeroe Islands.

[BPSCG]

Franky, the artists in the OP are armatures.You mean like this (http://www.terrycomp.com/catalog/images/7.jpg)?

[brodski]

That takeover will go over like a gay bar in the Faeroe Islands.

It did.

[brodski]

You mean like this (http://www.terrycomp.com/catalog/images/7.jpg)?

Yes, exactly like that :P

[steverino]

Good one. It took me a while to figure it out!:p

[Art Vandelay]

Of course, many of the people reading this will have it translated into Farsi, and the acrostic probably won't survive the translation.

Franky, the artists in the OP are amateurs.
THIS is how it's done
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,419555,00.htmlIs "leader writer" normal British usage? In America, it would be "lead writer". Unless I misunderstand what it's referring to.

Art, a pendant is a piece of jewelry, a pedant is someone who obsesses over minor academic points. Don't you have better things to do than correct other people's English? :p

[brodski]

Is "leader writer" normal British usage? In America, it would be "lead writer". Unless I misunderstand what it's referring to.


leader writers are senior journalists, who have some editorial responsibilities.
Large newspapers will have more than one leader writer, often each leader writer will have their own section or topics.

[steverino]

Don't you have better things to do than correct other people's English? :p

Art, I think what you meant to say is "Don't you have better things to do than to correct other people's English?"

[Art Vandelay]

Nope. That would give it a shade of meaning different from that which I intended. Your speculation as to what I meant is as welcome as gay bars on an island whose name I can't rembember.

:)

[steverino]

Nope. That would give it a shade of meaning different from that which I intended. Your speculation as to what I meant is as welcome as gay bars on an island whose name I can't rembember.

:)

Oh. You must mean the Faeroe's.:rolleyes:

[WildCat]

Maybe they should change the name of the place to the Færy Islands?
What, and turn the place into Key West?










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