(Cartoon from the Red Baron series by Ool, see `red_baron' for more!) Red Baron No. 106 /| || |\ | \\ /| | | || ~~|~ \|~~||~~~\\~~~~||~~~~||~~|/~~|~~|||~~|\~~~~~//~~~|~~~|~~ | ; || || : | : | || // |/ || || ; ; ; // ; || ,-*-'*--*`-*`. ________________________________ * \ / \ / \ \ ,' `. `. \ ;"".*,"": / *YAWN!!* \ *_ * ,' ## ##\ | Stop it, or I'll call your fa-- | / `*\ ## | | "". ,. # | Oh dear, I'm back in the trenches! | ## # ======||===== | It couldn't last longer than one | ========||===== \ strip, could it? / = # ========||====== `._______________ _______________,' ==== , =======||===== = /,' =======// ========||====== //=========||= /' =\\=======||===========//= ## || // ## ## \\ || ## ## // ## ||## // ## | / , ## \\ # || # // ,--""-.,-. # ## ' # \\ || ### // -.,-( \ \ ||_____,-. ,--""-.,-. \ )----""" )--""-.,-( \ \ "-.,-( \ \ ,-- --"" \`-----.,-" \ \ )----""" ) \ )----""" )-.,( \ --.-\ )----""- )\ )----""\ `-----.,-" ---"" \`-----.,-" \ ) `--------" `-----.-"\ )----""- )---.-\ )----""- )---"")\ `--------" `--------" ---.-\_) ________ __ / \ <'__`) ___| French | :6)6\\ `-. slug! | ,--""-.,-. , \-_/' \________/ -.,-( \ \ ((\ /\ \_______ ,--""-.,-. \ )----""" )--""-.,-( \ \ "-.,-( \ \ ,-- --"" \`-----.,-" """"' \ )----""" )-.,( \ --.-\ )--- \. \`-----.,-" \ ) `-- ____________\`.____________ )----""- )---"")\ ,' `. -------" ---.-\_) / Here's the world famous \ | Red Baron still trying to learn | | the easy way which side of the | \ front line he went down at! / `.___________________________,' =======||===== = = ##====\\========||============// ========||====== *shuffle* ===\\=======||===========//= ## || // *rummage* ## \\ || ## ## // ## ||## // ## \\ # || # // ,--""-.,-. . \ | ## \\ || ### // -.,-( \ \ ` _______,-. ,--""-.,-. \ )----""" )--""-.,-( \ \ "-.,-( \ \ ,-- --"" \`-----.,-" \ \ )----""" ) \ )----""" )-.,( \ --.-\ )----""- )\ )----""\ `-----.,-" ---"" \`-----.,-" \ ) `--------" `-----.-"\ )----""- )---.-\ )----""- )---"")\ `--------" `--------" ---.-\_) ________________ . ' , / \ __ | French helmet, |___ ('__`> ,-. \\ || ## ## // | avec BULLETHOLE! ,-' //9(9; _|*__|_ \\ # || # // \________________/ `\_~/ `-----' # \\ || ### // /_/\___\\)-. ,--""-.,-. \ )----""" )--""-.,-( \ \ "-.,-( \ \ ,-- --"" \`-----.,-" \ \ )----""" ) \ )----""" )-.,( \ --.-\ )----""- --""\ `-----.,-" ---"" \`-----.,-" \ ) `------- ,/ ---.-"\ )----""- )---.-\ )----""- )---"")\ ___________,'/____________ ----" ______________________ ,' `. ,' `. / And a MAP, detailing that \ / It might be out of \ | this trench is without a doubt |_| date, but I think not! | \ on the French side! ,---. It's only 3 years old! / `.__________________________,' `.______________________,' ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ___,~~~.||__ \\"~*._~~'""| ""~|~_ \\\`. *.`*._* || | || || `. \\\\`.`-.*,.\*\ || | || | \\\\`.`-.`||. \*\ * || \\\\`.`-. ||.`. . |\ || `\\`.`-.`||.`. \ ' / *-. | \`.`-.`||.`.` __ *---*__ || `.\`.`|| `. <'__`)`. \* \ * | \ \`.`||.`. 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Doesn't he know the world | | famous Red Baron has come down in this area? | | Or has he looked DEATH in the eye once too | | often and hence stopped caring about doom? | | | | Yes, DOOM, drawing near from the right with | | a sound as foreboding-- | |________________________________________________| ,--""-.,-. -.,-( \ \ ,--""-.,-. ,--""-.,-. \ )----""" )--""-.,-( \ \ "-.,-( \ \ ,-- --"" \`-----.,-" \ \ )----""" ) \ )----""" )-.,( \ --.-\ )----""- )\ )----""\ `-----.,-" ---"" \`-----.,-" \ ) `--------" `-----.-"\ )----""- )---.-\ )----""- )---"")\ ===,.============= ### , `--------" ### `--------" ---.-\_ ===||========= #======//==||====\\==============||==== # * ===||================//===||=====\\=============||==== *squ ====||= ===========//====||======\\============||=== *squeak ====| ,-. =======//=====||=======\\===========||== *squeak* ===== _/___\_ = ==//======||===== ==\\==========||= *Squeak* ==== _c"v(v; ====//=======||==== # ==\\=========|| *Squeak* = ,' \\,-. //========||=== ##====\\========| *Squeak!* / .\\_,\ //=========||===# ===\\======= *Squeak!* \ % . -\| )'-. ## ##|| ## \\ *SQUEAK!* -- ,=( \ /`\`--\)) ## || ## ## \\ # *SQUEAK!* / \ \\ \ /## `. ## || ## \\ *SQUEAK!!* -`-",\/`-'.###--( \ || \ *SQUEAK!!!* \\( ( `. \ \ *SQUEEEEK!!!* =====\\`-\ \ \_| ##### ####### *SQUEEEEEEEK!!!* \\ `. \ \ %.__ *SQEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NGER! \7) |`. `. 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