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Flower Man
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http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=1003615&BV_UseBVCookie=yes

I relize that the bald eagle is a national symbol, but I honestly think the USPS is kind of pushing it with this stamp. What do you think about it?

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Malnurtured Snay
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Fifty-Seven cents?! I hope they're not boostig the rate that much.

And why is this in the flameboard? Oh, I can see it now:

Rob: "The fifty-seven cent stamp eats into gun-buying money!"

Me: "Well you sleep with your gun!"

Flower Man: "I'm not MIB! I'm not MIB! Well, okay, yes I am. Don't tell Charles."

Omega: "Do you have evidence that cubic Eagles reduce crime?"

or

"The government has no right to run the postal service! Privatize! Privatize, you bitches!"

or

"Great Brataain sucks!"

Me: "You foooool!"

Vogon: "Christ I'm glad I'm British ...."

The_Tom: "Christ I'm glad I'm Canadian ..."

Tahna Los: "I will CRUSH your skull like a puny tin can!"

Ultra Magnus: "I want to have Dolph Lundgren's Great Grandchildren. And color my car with a crayon. Yes."

PsyLiam: "Don't you know ANYTHING about British Geography?"

Charles: "...!"

Jay: "Here's a relevent link putting the blame square on Bush..."

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The_Tom
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TSN
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You'll note that the "category" listed for it is "additional postage". Presumably, it is not supposed to be a standard-price stamp.

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Malnurtured Snay
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The_Tom, I hope I get royalties on that [Smile]

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Sol System
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I don't think it resembles the Silver Surfer much at all. For one thing, he's silver.

And a surfer.

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Nim
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Who said it looked like the Surfer? Are you mad?

And yes, it does look SS to me.

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Sol System
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You're asking me if I'm mad?

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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So that's what my Flameboard posts can be condensed down to. I was wondering.

*looks at stamp* Jawohl! Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Schrub!

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Nim
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Ni!

Sol: Well who said it den?

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Flower Man
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quote:
Originally posted by The_Tom:

Whoa. Where can I get a copy of this? [Smile]

[ March 20, 2002, 08:02: Message edited by: Flower Man ]

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Aban Rune
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While the SS and the Nazis in general were quite possibly the scariest and most evil group since the Nephilim, the one thing they did right was design uniforms and insignia. Nobody wears black, red and silver like the SS, I'll tell yah.

I don't necessarily think of Nazism when Ilook at the stamp...especially not with the text under it. I just think Art Deco.

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TSN
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Nim: Think about the initial letters of "Silver Surfer". Then look at the thread title.

BTW, when I showed the stamp to my roommate, before I even mentioned why I was showing it to him, he immediately put one hand up, two fingers of his other hand under his nose, and did a Schultz-esque "I know nussink!" So apparently it looks Nazi even w/o suggestion. :-)

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First of Two
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Since the German Eagle usually looked more like a real eagle, I'll have to agree that the eagle on the stamp is much more DECO than NAZI.

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TSN
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That may be so. However, that art-deco style is reminiscent of Nazi stuff, and they used an eagle as a symbol, so it isn't very surprising that an art-deco eagle would make one think "Nazis", regardless of whether the Nazis ever used a decoration like it or not.

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