Re: weekend chores

hi, tony. remember "flying jack"? it was drawn by a guy named zack mosely, whose artistic talents closely resembled those of dick tracy's creator, chester gould [i.e., he had none]. i don't remember much about "flying jack" except his stooge was a fat little asian type named chop-chop. chop-chop didn't wear a coolie hat [surprise] but he did have a pigtail, a fu-man-chu moustache, and wear some sort of kimono. he also wielded something that looked like a philippine machete, which he holstered in his obi.

i don't know if anyone thought these stereotypes were campy at the time, but they sure as hell is now [as long as your asian friends understand why you collect them].




At 11:30 AM 3/1/03 -0800, you wrote:
terry and the pirates" and "tim
tyler's luck."

JJ - Wow- you're really dating your self. They used to be my favorite
"strips"

Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA


On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:24:43 -0500 Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org> writes:
> or "jungle jim." remember that old comic strip? probably not. it was
>
> pre-wwii, i think. a companion piece to "terry and the pirates" and
> "tim
> tyler's luck." our popular culture had lots of romantic [and in
> retrospect,
> peculiar] notions about asia. not entirely unlike our understanding
> of the
> middle east today.
>
> but, don't have a pith helmet, do have a machete, and don't need
> mosquito
> repellent [too early in the year; maybe in late july].
>
> At 03:11 PM 2/28/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >Sounds like Island Jim is turning into Jim of the jungle. Hope you
> have your
> >pith hat and machete.Don't forget that mosquito repellent .
> >
> >Nora
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Island Jim" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 2:26 PM
> >Subject: [CHAT] weekend chores
> >
> >
> > > if it doesn't rain this weekend, i plan to become "aguirre, the
> wrath of
> > > god," with my roundup sprayer. it's time to beat back the jungle
> before
> >the
> > > season of growth gets here. there are lots of things that need
> to be
> > > whacked, also. the mulberry is out of hand, for instance, and
> the duranta
> > > hedge needs, once again, to be tamed.
> > >
> > >
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