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Title: Interesting Pic, from an interesting web site.
Post by: VooWho on November 22, 2009, 06:15:38 PM: Came across this website called WW2 in Color and was just looking around and found this interesting photo of a French soldier. :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/50796-2/o)

But heres the link the site. Got some neat pics. http://www.ww2incolor.com (http://www.ww2incolor.com)
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Post by: Becinhu on November 22, 2009, 06:18:43 PM: How cute. He's carrying his girlfriend up the hill. :t :neener:
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Post by: Spikes on November 22, 2009, 06:21:43 PM: French soldier...he must have surrendered to the donkey
Title: Re: Interesting Pic, from an interesting web site.
Post by: PFactorDave on November 22, 2009, 07:48:27 PM: Quote from: Spikes on November 22, 2009, 06:21:43 PM
French soldier...he must have surrendered to the donkey

:rofl
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Post by: REVRAND on November 22, 2009, 08:33:01 PM: I didn't know they had take out restaurants in WWII............ring a ling a ling......dinner time!
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Post by: Vulcan on November 22, 2009, 09:16:05 PM: Seriously...first thought was food (we carry deer like that). However typically you don't keep the front end, all the good meat is down the back.

Second though is maybe its used for some sort of periscope camo? It looks like somewhere in North Africa, where there isn't much cover where peeking over a ridge is likely to get you spotted. If it was a true dead animal the head would not be up like that.

You guys have to admit, if its a hidden spotting scope it's a damned ingenious idea :D
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Post by: VooWho on November 22, 2009, 09:54:24 PM: I still can't tell if its real or not. Looks real to me and I think I see hind legs.
Title: Re: Interesting Pic, from an interesting web site.
Post by: Vulcan on November 22, 2009, 10:37:46 PM: Quote from: VooWho on November 22, 2009, 09:54:24 PM
I still can't tell if its real or not. Looks real to me and I think I see hind legs.

I can't see em, the is something on his belt, on the left side, thats far to big to be a hoof. I doubt a live donkey would stay like that too, it wouldn't be very comfortable for it. There should be more torso, and a fatter torso. Tilt your head right 45 degrees, and you'll see that a short'n'skinny donkey.
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Post by: Masherbrum on November 22, 2009, 10:42:10 PM: I believe the Donkey is photo shopped in place of a Machine Gun tripod.
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Post by: warhed on November 22, 2009, 11:11:36 PM: I think I see a third hoof by his right hand, right under the front right hoof.
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Post by: Vulcan on November 23, 2009, 02:32:23 AM: Quote from: warhed on November 22, 2009, 11:11:36 PM
I think I see a third hoof by his right hand, right under the front right hoof.

Yeah I noticed that too, but it doesn't make sense to be sitting up there like that, unsupported it'd hang down. I'm backing the photoshop theory. The weight of ruminid animals of that size is usually fairly hefty.
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Post by: whels on November 23, 2009, 04:50:24 PM: Donkey wasnt retreating fast enough :)
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Post by: Serenity on November 24, 2009, 01:30:43 AM: I'm thinking photoshop. If not, the periscope idea. That is definitely not a real donkey. Take a very close look at the head. It seems to have very human facial expressions, like something disney would put out.