The Maserati of Tanks

The Maserati of Tanks

Ein Artikel über Panzer und insbesondere den Abrams, von einem gewissen Fred Reed im Harper's Magazine, vom Februar 1986, mit dem schönen Titel: The Maserati of Tanks.
Untertitel: Splendor, Loose Cows, and A Very Large Gun in Texas

http://www.fredoneverything.net/M1.html

Ziemlich großartig geschrieben.


‘In general, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enounced Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically “Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!” (“I don’t like it!”), “Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!” (“That’s not good!”) and “Ay, Dios no me ama!” (“God doesn’t love me!”)’

Re: The Maserati of Tanks

Zitat: Fred Reed
I found myself with wild visions of Beowulf standing in dented armor, high in the cold hills of Denmark, holding a calculator from Hewlett-Packard and figuring azimuths.Oh yeah! (Reverse Polish Notation, anyone?)

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Re: The Maserati of Tanks

Zitat: schoko roberto
… Reverse Polish …I love it when you talk dirty to me.

Aber abgesehen davon:
Zitat: Fred Reed
As a pillow, a tank is flawed.


‘In general, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enounced Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically “Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!” (“I don’t like it!”), “Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!” (“That’s not good!”) and “Ay, Dios no me ama!” (“God doesn’t love me!”)’