tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post551260356919497325..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 417: The Day Khrushchev Panicked / George B. Mair (MacFadden Books 50-183)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-62613904699583848612011-07-22T17:02:55.970-07:002011-07-22T17:02:55.970-07:00I'll see your panties and skirt but will raise...I'll see your panties and skirt but will raise my half slip as the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-45096984781660148362011-06-06T11:19:29.220-07:002011-06-06T11:19:29.220-07:00Down south we pronounce it as "bejeebers"...Down south we pronounce it as "bejeebers" when we pronounce it at all.<br /><br />She looks like she is 25% bigger than the guy, as if this was some intermediate stop on the road to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237769422347289261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-17121558566998325512011-06-01T01:34:03.714-07:002011-06-01T01:34:03.714-07:00Bejabbers! Oh, I need to name a pet this. That'...Bejabbers! Oh, I need to name a pet this. That's a delightful gift that keeps on giving.andyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050163251495144567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-60835131138155875572011-05-31T15:34:18.474-07:002011-05-31T15:34:18.474-07:00I am stuck on that "plodding across the Atlan...I am stuck on that "plodding across the Atlantic" line. Plodding seems like an odd word for water-related travel.Marlahttp://marlalaubisch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-54413489705774269442011-05-29T15:00:48.578-07:002011-05-29T15:00:48.578-07:00Rex: "the woman is wearing some kind of skirt...Rex: "the woman is wearing some kind of skirt and no underpants whatsoever."<br /><br />Of course you're right, Rexie, it's what we Brits call an underskirt, (...I must, in passing, commend the artist's ability to depict a female arse with just the right gravitic mass to make you almost want to take a bite out of it...); but the chivalrous part of me feels obliged to observe surely even a man who'd never heard of Dirk Bogarde's heard of the infamous giant bloomers of Bridget Jones Ms Avery's alluding too?<br /><br />My own reading of the semiology of the cover is the red head, (...my god, even the back, the shoulder blades, the boob, the hair, the profile, the arm, the hand, the fingers, the neck're all exquisitely rendered...and the feet're so good you can almost smell their biscuity riestiness!), 's supposed to be the archetypal Russian woman dreamily gazing at the archetypal American man and thinking, "Oh, Gregory Peck, here in Mother Russia, Communism's made us all so poor we can only dream of owning a packet of cigarettes, so treat me like a queen by breathing your mountain air smelling tobaccoey smoke all over me, sprinkling their hot leafy goodness in my hair, my face, and yes, of course, all over my tits!"borkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-74329178560626771582011-05-28T06:04:24.297-07:002011-05-28T06:04:24.297-07:00Hey, everytime I have a 'failure to launch'...Hey, everytime I have a 'failure to launch', I just get dressed and have a cigarette, then try to convince the naked woman that yes, you're just not sexy enough for me. Sorry to hear that Khruschev had the same issue.No Vitamin V for menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-11366337448866142182011-05-28T04:18:18.617-07:002011-05-28T04:18:18.617-07:00I think there really was a failed Soviet launch ab...I think there really was a failed Soviet launch about this time. But it's generally thought to have been a failed effort to put a man in orbit, not a weapons platform as the copy here seems to imply. According to this book, Khrushchev was on his way to New York in order to start WW III. While he would have been in one of the primary targets. Terrific planning.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-50687914131563774392011-05-27T14:15:28.539-07:002011-05-27T14:15:28.539-07:00Correction: the woman is wearing some kind of skir...Correction: the woman is wearing some kind of skirt and no underpants whatsoever. At least that's how I see it, and I don't want to change my opinion...<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-72582724550329215012011-05-27T13:48:20.677-07:002011-05-27T13:48:20.677-07:00The punctuation in that last sentence is stressing...The punctuation in that last sentence is stressing me out.<br /><br />Also, the woman is wearing the biggest underpants ever.Ms Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01223271325518466032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-41973468436250461882011-05-27T09:04:56.125-07:002011-05-27T09:04:56.125-07:00I did a "bejabbers" tweet this morning i...I did a "bejabbers" tweet this morning in your honor, Rex. You can find it at http://twitter.com/#!/SeanBrodrickSean Brodrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307875566403471653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-73885647168622517442011-05-27T07:57:33.364-07:002011-05-27T07:57:33.364-07:00The back really reads, there, like the terrifying ...The back really reads, there, like the terrifying truth we should be unable to deny the possibility of is Khruschev's superweapon NOT working...The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427759549430829635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-84517551668707409842011-05-27T07:24:17.106-07:002011-05-27T07:24:17.106-07:00I thought it was "bejeebers."I thought it was "bejeebers."Retro Houndhttp://www.retrohound.com/noreply@blogger.com