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* Thank you sir!!!! May I have another?

Posted by Bithead | September 28, 2006 | 07:51 am | Permalink
 

"Bad Dobby, bad."

Posted by Jay Wills | September 28, 2006 | 08:12 am | Permalink
 

Global
War
On
Tiles

Posted by LJD | September 28, 2006 | 08:21 am | Permalink
 

Hell week with Chinese special forces training includes the trainee ending each meal with a fortune brick.

Posted by DaveD | September 28, 2006 | 08:28 am | Permalink
 

The Elite Chinese Brick Breaking Team performs for reporters.

Posted by sgtFluffy | September 28, 2006 | 09:32 am | Permalink
 

Bob really didn't know what he was getting into when he got a job in the "Quaity Control" division of Chairman Mao's Brick Co.

Posted by sgtFluffy | September 28, 2006 | 09:35 am | Permalink
 

Pie Iesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem

Posted by Mythilt | September 28, 2006 | 10:12 am | Permalink
 

The Chinese Military's version of "Don't ask, Don't tell."

Posted by the Pirate | September 28, 2006 | 10:33 am | Permalink
 

China's peacekeeping force for Lebanon prepared for "hitting its head against a brick wall," misled by the most common metaphor for Mideast regional diplomacy.

Posted by Anderson | September 28, 2006 | 10:41 am | Permalink
 

"Democrats piss me off. Ceramic tiles too."

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 10:59 am | Permalink
 

That's going to leave a mark.

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 11:00 am | Permalink
 

The Chinese Special Anti-Anti-Brick Breaking Squad demonstrates its unique capabilities in preventing the preservation of bricks.

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 11:02 am | Permalink
 

"What if he's got a pointed stick?"

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 11:03 am | Permalink
 

The democratic party continues to brainstorm for an effective answer to the GOP edge on national security.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 11:51 am | Permalink
 

"Mom always told me to use my head."

Posted by Hodink | September 28, 2006 | 11:52 am | Permalink
 

Guy at attention: "Oh sure. I break my hand and have to wear this lousy cast for six weeks while Comrade Chin will just need an aspirin and a good night sleep to get better."

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 11:53 am | Permalink
 

The debate on whether China will be the next big conventional army threat to the US continues...within the Chinese army.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 11:54 am | Permalink
 

Oh for the good old days under Mao when self criticism just required you to admit all the wrongs you had done.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 11:56 am | Permalink
 

Daschele pointed to China's anti-terrorist training as being a much more reasonable approach than the Bush administration, "Look what it did for me."

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 12:00 pm | Permalink
 

I will not make fun of Keith Olbermann. I will not make fun of ....

Posted by Elmo | September 28, 2006 | 12:00 pm | Permalink
 

Question: How do you counter terrorists who are crazy enough to blow themselves up killing their own people?
Answer: Show them you are even more nuts.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 12:02 pm | Permalink
 

Leaked details of Clinton's anti-terror plan, show that it wasn't quite ready for prime time.

Posted by Elmo | September 28, 2006 | 12:03 pm | Permalink
 

Capitalism can take strange turns in China, where they were filming commercials for the Chinese introduction of V-8.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 12:03 pm | Permalink
 

How to find an enemy armed with a brick? First, disarm you opponent.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | September 28, 2006 | 12:04 pm | Permalink
 

China instituted some temporary short term fixes while trying to cope with their dentist shortage. The demonstration seen here, was presented in response to many who had asked: 'what are we supposed to do with the bandaid?'.

Posted by Elmo | September 28, 2006 | 12:12 pm | Permalink
 

The for-profit branch of the Red Army goes back to the drawing board after only minimal testing of their new terracotta facial tissues.

Posted by Caliban Darklock | September 28, 2006 | 12:36 pm | Permalink
 

The attempt to shore up the Chinese brick-making industry by giving them the army hat contract was doomed from the beginning.

Posted by Harry | September 28, 2006 | 12:38 pm | Permalink
 

1) Jackass 3 - Chinese Invasion

2) After failing to break the board, he was ashamed to have to step down to the easier clay tile.

Posted by GOP and College | September 28, 2006 | 01:08 pm | Permalink
 

HASSAAAAAN CHOP!

Posted by legion | September 28, 2006 | 01:18 pm | Permalink
 

After viewing the film, celebrity Charlie Sheen remarked: "Yeah, but there's no way a man's head can break ceramic tiles. No way. The only logical explanation is a controlled demolition."

Posted by FreakyBoy | September 28, 2006 | 01:32 pm | Permalink
 

"...and after the introduction of Viagra to China, the brick layers had a much easier time as well."

Posted by Lindy R. Dole | September 28, 2006 | 01:45 pm | Permalink
 

Hey, isn't that contrary to Article 3 of the Geneva Convention?

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 02:03 pm | Permalink
 

Hey, isn’t that contrary to Article 3 of the Geneva Convention? Oh, he's not a terrorist. Never mind.

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 02:04 pm | Permalink
 

Chin studies his Chinese army issue bible...on the 1st day Mao created utopia....smash head...and on the 2nd day Mao rested.....smash head....on the 3rd day........

Posted by G.A. Phillips | September 28, 2006 | 02:10 pm | Permalink
 

No, I ordered a #34.

Posted by The Man | September 28, 2006 | 02:36 pm | Permalink
 

1) "Head-On apply directly to the forehead!" Commercial reject #13.

2) "I could'a had a V8" (too bad this doesn't print Chinese....)

3) A Chinese Private who successfully passed the IQ enterance exam.

4) His prize for breaking the tile? Spiffy white gloves like his comrade.

Posted by Scott_T | September 28, 2006 | 03:20 pm | Permalink
 

I bring you the 15! (Achoo!!) 10! 10! commandments!

Posted by Mythilt | September 28, 2006 | 03:29 pm | Permalink
 

Bless you!

Posted by Adjustah | September 28, 2006 | 04:22 pm | Permalink
 

Chinese World Cup Practice

Posted by sentinel | September 28, 2006 | 05:08 pm | Permalink
 

Why China's next-generation "bunker buster" technology doesn't really scare us.

Posted by Gollum | September 28, 2006 | 05:22 pm | Permalink
 

"We are out of rations. We Chinese love to eat monkey brains. We are out of monkeys. Huan here is going to help us find out if human brains are anywhere near as tasty. Ok, begin Huan."

Posted by Rachel Edith | September 28, 2006 | 06:01 pm | Permalink
 

According to the Chinese Army field manual, China is superior to Japan in very way, including over the top game shows!

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 07:43 pm | Permalink
 

Hurk smash!

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 07:44 pm | Permalink
 

"Yea, it's a great trick, but I can only do it once."

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 07:44 pm | Permalink
 

"Guns. Guns. When do we get guns?"

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 07:47 pm | Permalink
 

Chairman Mao says: Political power flows from a bruised and bleeding forehead.

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 07:48 pm | Permalink
 

This is your brain (right). This is your brain on drugs (left). Any questions?

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 09:14 pm | Permalink
 

"Sir! This tile failed to be sufficiently motivated to join in the People's revolutionary fight against the hegemony of the reactionary American capitalist running pig-dogs! Sir!"

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 09:17 pm | Permalink
 

And all the other tiles think to themselves, "Why does he hate us?"

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 09:21 pm | Permalink
 

A member of the Shingle Roofers Local #24 demonstrates how wrong it is to assume that roofing tiles can last for hundreds of years.

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 09:23 pm | Permalink
 

"I said I'd do anything to be featured in an OTB Caption Contest!"

Posted by charles austin | September 28, 2006 | 09:25 pm | Permalink
 

1. Moses: Ah, God; we're down to our last two tablets. You think I could eliminate the ritual bow?

2. Personally I prefer the lighter clays of the Yangtse.

3. You sure this is how they cure acne in America?

4. You had to leave the blush in the kiln.

Posted by Alan Kellogg | September 28, 2006 | 09:54 pm | Permalink
 

In the Chinese version of Hogan's Heroes, Colonel Huan Clink gets Sergeant Ping Schultz to try anything.

Posted by Rachel Edith | September 29, 2006 | 01:27 am | Permalink
 

Iye Jesu dominae, dona et es requiem...*THWACK*

What? Wrong kind of monk?

Posted by Cowboy Blob | September 29, 2006 | 11:03 am | Permalink
 

"No No No No No! Is English idiom. Goes to your head. Means you are feeling the Tsing Tao beer we had for lunch."

Posted by Hodink | September 29, 2006 | 11:05 am | Permalink
 

Werr, escuse my Ratin!

"Pie Iesu Domine. Dona eis Lequiem." *THWACK!*

Posted by Cowboy Blob | September 29, 2006 | 11:08 am | Permalink
 

After demonstrating his ability to destroy stone with his head, Sergeant Chao went on the pulverize the 3/4 scale human model, pictured at right, using only his mind.

Posted by N.B. Goldstein | September 29, 2006 | 12:47 pm | Permalink
 

Oops. "...went on to pulverize the 3/4 scale..."

Posted by N.B. Goldstein | September 29, 2006 | 12:49 pm | Permalink
 

Feed me, FEED ME....

Posted by Tom | September 29, 2006 | 01:41 pm | Permalink
 

"Follow the policy or you will have your brain bashed in. Nobody wants to bash in your brain so you will have to do it yourself. Show them."

Posted by Lasting Magic | September 30, 2006 | 10:29 am | Permalink
 

As Ex-Rep. Foley says, "Desperate situations call for desperate measures."

Posted by Hodink | October 2, 2006 | 10:48 am | Permalink
 

Sir, cant we buy that tile cutter I told you about?

Posted by d wood | October 6, 2006 | 11:12 am | Permalink
 

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