Comments for raybonkan.com http://www.raybonkan.com The Cosy Home of Raybon Kan® PassiveWear® Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by YW http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-121 YW Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:23:47 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-121 The Dassler brothers -- who both joined the Nazi Party in 1933 -- were involved in the manufacture of weapons World War II: In 1944, there was suddenly a spike in the number of Allied tanks being blown apart by German fire. The culprit was the latest anti-tank rocket launcher, nicknamed the "Panzerschreck" ("Tank Terror"). This extremely effective weapon petrified Allied tank crews -- and it was manufactured in the same factory that had developed Owens' shoes only eight years earlier. The German army fashioned the Dasslers' Panzerschreck after the American bazooka: a shoulder-fired steel tube; weight 9.3 kilograms (20.5 lbs); length 164 centimeters (5.4 feet); with a range of up to 180 meters (590 feet). A rocket fired from the Panzerschreck could penetrate steel armor 20 centimeters (8 inches) thick. Responsibility for actually producing the new weapon lay with the military contractor Schricker & Co. But given the increasingly devastating British and American air raids on German cities, Schricker decided to transfer assembly operations to Herzogenaurach. Freight cars filled with parts for the "Stove Pipe" -- as the Panzerschreck was popularly called on account of its simple construction -- CAME TO DASSLER BY RAIL. Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-611400.html The Dassler brothers — who both joined the Nazi Party in 1933 — were involved in the manufacture of weapons World War II: In 1944, there was suddenly a spike in the number of Allied tanks being blown apart by German fire. The culprit was the latest anti-tank rocket launcher, nicknamed the “Panzerschreck” (“Tank Terror”). This extremely effective weapon petrified Allied tank crews — and it was manufactured in the same factory that had developed Owens’ shoes only eight years earlier.
The German army fashioned the Dasslers’ Panzerschreck after the American bazooka: a shoulder-fired steel tube; weight 9.3 kilograms (20.5 lbs); length 164 centimeters (5.4 feet); with a range of up to 180 meters (590 feet). A rocket fired from the Panzerschreck could penetrate steel armor 20 centimeters (8 inches) thick.
Responsibility for actually producing the new weapon lay with the military contractor Schricker & Co. But given the increasingly devastating British and American air raids on German cities, Schricker decided to transfer assembly operations to Herzogenaurach. Freight cars filled with parts for the “Stove Pipe” — as the Panzerschreck was popularly called on account of its simple construction — CAME TO DASSLER BY RAIL.

Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-611400.html

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by YW http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-120 YW Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:42:08 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-120 Perhaps the Herald could have researched their end a bit better: The founder of Adidas, Adolf Dassler (whose nickname was Adi), was a Nazi. He produced shoes for the Wehrmacht during the war, as well was providing American and Nazi athletes with his footwear during the Berlin Olympics. If you are too scared to offend people - nobody gets entertained. Perhaps the Herald could have researched their end a bit better: The founder of Adidas, Adolf Dassler (whose nickname was Adi), was a Nazi. He produced shoes for the Wehrmacht during the war, as well was providing American and Nazi athletes with his footwear during the Berlin Olympics.

If you are too scared to offend people – nobody gets entertained.

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by c http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-119 c Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:52:24 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-119 can i like your reply steve? hahaha btw sorry to hijack but i think you did great raybon and you responded with class :) if anything, the HoS just gave you more publicity and traffic to the website and profile :) anyway keep up the good work and comedies :) looking forward to future books! can i like your reply steve? hahaha btw sorry to hijack but i think you did great raybon and you responded with class :) if anything, the HoS just gave you more publicity and traffic to the website and profile :) anyway keep up the good work and comedies :) looking forward to future books!

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Kelly http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-112 Kelly Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:45:08 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-112 so do I, I like their style. I also wrote a supportive message on bunk beds' blog denying their dangerousness. It seems that no-one was safe from slander that week, inanimate objects or no... so do I, I like their style. I also wrote a supportive message on bunk beds’ blog denying their dangerousness. It seems that no-one was safe from slander that week, inanimate objects or no…

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by raybon http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-111 raybon Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:34:43 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-111 I like bunk beds. I like bunk beds.

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Delia http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-110 Delia Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:25:11 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-110 Hey Raybon, not sure if the herald forwarded my letter on to you - but in case they didnt I sent you a letter pointing out that The Herald had in fact printed a crappola story just prior to the one they ran on you - titled something along the lines of Hitler goes viral - with a blurb and a link to a you tube video sending off John Key etc over the train debacle using a subtitled movie showing Hitler having a good scream at his officers. The video was NOT viral at only 2000 views. And the flavor of the article was "oh come over here everybody and watch Hitler scream at everyone about the RWC train problems" Not very clever of the Herald really. Hey Raybon, not sure if the herald forwarded my letter on to you – but in case they didnt I sent you a letter pointing out that The Herald had in fact printed a crappola story just prior to the one they ran on you – titled something along the lines of Hitler goes viral – with a blurb and a link to a you tube video sending off John Key etc over the train debacle using a subtitled movie showing Hitler having a good scream at his officers.

The video was NOT viral at only 2000 views. And the flavor of the article was “oh come over here everybody and watch Hitler scream at everyone about the RWC train problems”

Not very clever of the Herald really.

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Harold Merriman http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-103 Harold Merriman Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:42:05 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-103 Hi, you mentioned my email in your blog post, Raybon. I think the Herald may have sent you an edited version of it.Here's the full thing. I hope everyone can spot the tongue virtually ripping through the cheek muscles here. "Dear Mr Kan, There really isn’t anything funny about the Holocaust. Nor is there anything funny about The Spanish Inquisition, so if you have any pull at all with the former members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, please get them to grovel and eat humble pie along with your good self. While you’re at it, can you also please make sure that in the future you make no jokes at all about the feeding of the early Christians to the lions in the Roman arena, and please administer a severe telling off to any of your comedian friends who make jokes about famine in Africa. Or in any other part of the world, for that matter. Except perhaps Remuera. You’d have to be incredibly silly or have a severe death-wish to make any wisecracks about the Prophet Mohammed, but it’s probably better to be on the safe side and avoid references to Buddha, Jesus and the rest of the gang as well. Add in minor deities and saints, too. You shouldn’t make jokes about the Armenian Holocaust either, not because you’ll upset the Armenians, but because you’ll annoy the Turks. If the greatest powers in the world are so frightened of annoying the Turks that they don’t mention the Armenians, then why should you? Oops, sorry, I referred to it as a Holocaust. My bad. I forgot. I’m not allowed to use the H word without permission. You can make jokes about people slipping on banana skins, providing no bananas or people get actually hurt in the process. Have a nice day, HM." Hi,
you mentioned my email in your blog post, Raybon. I think the Herald may have sent you an edited version of it.Here’s the full thing. I hope everyone can spot the tongue virtually ripping through the cheek muscles here.

“Dear Mr Kan,
There really isn’t anything funny about the Holocaust. Nor is there anything funny about The Spanish Inquisition, so if you have any pull at all with the former members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, please get them to grovel and eat humble pie along with your good self. While you’re at it, can you also please make sure that in the future you make no jokes at all about the feeding of the early Christians to the lions in the Roman arena, and please administer a severe telling off to any of your comedian friends who make jokes about famine in Africa. Or in any other part of the world, for that matter. Except perhaps Remuera. You’d have to be incredibly silly or have a severe death-wish to make any wisecracks about the Prophet Mohammed, but it’s probably better to be on the safe side and avoid references to Buddha, Jesus and the rest of the gang as well. Add in minor deities and saints, too.

You shouldn’t make jokes about the Armenian Holocaust either, not because you’ll upset the Armenians, but because you’ll annoy the Turks. If the greatest powers in the world are so frightened of annoying the Turks that they don’t mention the Armenians, then why should you? Oops, sorry, I referred to it as a Holocaust. My bad. I forgot. I’m not allowed to use the H word without permission.

You can make jokes about people slipping on banana skins, providing no bananas or people get actually hurt in the process.

Have a nice day,
HM.”

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Manu http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-97 Manu Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:42:11 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-97 At least you didn't tweet it wearing a fake pilot's uniform. At least you didn’t tweet it wearing a fake pilot’s uniform.

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Michael Scott http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-96 Michael Scott Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:26:20 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-96 Great response to your own downfall Raybon. In vain unfortunately: no reference, however oblique, to the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews during WWII, will ever be funny much less acceptable to anyone who gives a damn about humanity. Its just not a topic to use in comedy. Great response to your own downfall Raybon. In vain unfortunately: no reference, however oblique, to the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews during WWII, will ever be funny much less acceptable to anyone who gives a damn about humanity. Its just not a topic to use in comedy.

]]> Comment on A Lot of Words About One Tweet by Kurani http://www.raybonkan.com/2011/09/a-lot-of-words-about-one-tweet/#comment-95 Kurani Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:24:30 +0000 http://www.raybonkan.com/?p=373#comment-95 Good one Ray, the negative response is rather Shakespearean (much ado about nothing). Good one Ray, the negative response is rather Shakespearean (much ado about nothing).

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