Comments on: Farsi alphabet book

Farsi alphabet book

CrunchyFrog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:20:49 -0800

A is for Automobile, B is for Bazooka. An Iranian kids' coloring book made during the Iraq-Iran War, intended to teach the Farsi alphabet, has been scanned and uploaded to Photobucket.

[via] a thread on Something Awful, which contains some interesting commentary from the book's owner.

By: netbros

netbros — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:26:35 -0800

F is for Fool.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:38:57 -0800

Holy toledo, all but a measly three of those are military-related. And one of those three is a drum, which of course has military associations as well. Depressing as hell. BTW, these are not scans, they're photographs. Thanks for the post, CrunchyFrog.

By: Inspector.Gadget

Inspector.Gadget — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:33:15 -0800

F is for Ful.

By: bitteroldman

bitteroldman — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:34:57 -0800

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the difference between this and GI-Joe and the plastic toy guns that we use to play with as kids? You want messed up propaganda to kids? Check out Pioneers of Tomorrow.

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:14:20 -0800

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the difference between this and GI-Joe and the plastic toy guns that we use to play with as kids? For the sheer "gee-whiz rockets and artillery are great" factor, nothing beats Big World of Little Adam. (If you want to skip the host segments of this Cartoon Dump episode, jump to 3:25.)

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:11:38 -0800

what is this?

By: atchafalaya

atchafalaya — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:29:57 -0800

ZSU-23-2.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:55:35 -0800

Thanks for the post. I have long wanted to learn Farsi. I wonder what this is? Some sort of sandwich??

By: Artw

Artw — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:55:39 -0800

Presumably if you are old enough to read to the end you're old enough to be put into a human wave attck (with a key to heaven hung around your neck). Of course, Iraqs counter measure to that (after cluster bombs proved too costly) was chemical weapons. Guess who sold them on that idea. History is fun.

By: Artw

Artw — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:09:04 -0800

That guy with the beard looks an awful lot like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:51:04 -0800

I wonder what this is? Some sort of sandwich?? It's a mine.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:25:37 -0800

It's a mine. Whadda you talk about? Ah? I don'ta see your name on it! It'sa gotta your name on it?

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:46:49 -0800

Whadda you talk about? Ah? I don'ta see your name on it! It'sa gotta your name on it? You canna have it, but I licka da sandwich!