THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR BEGAN ON APRIL 13 , 1975 .
I WAS BORN THE SAME YEAR , ON AUGUST 24TH !
MAZEN KERBAJ PRESENTS MAZEN KERBAJ IN : A HAPPY CHILDHOOD
THE FIRST YEARS OF MY LIFE WERE SPENT IN TRAINING . AT THE AGE OF 6 , I COULD ALREADY TELL BETWEEN OUTGOING AND INCOMING SHELLS BY SOUND ALONE . A WHISTLING NOISE MEANT THE SHELL HAD PASSED US BY OVERHEAD .
FIRE !
{ZWIIIZ}
HA HA ! SOME OTHER SHMUCK'S GONNA GET IT !
INCOMI-CRAP !
WATCH YOUR MOUTH !
You are cordially invited to A Sound & Light Spectacular 6pm tonight at Tizk Tower
APART FROM DEVELOPING MY SENSE OF HEARING , THE SHELLS HELPED ME LEARN MANY THINGS . I GOT MY FIRST LESSON IN PHYSICS WATCHING THEM BLOW UP IN THE TOWER ACROSS THE WAY .
1. MOMENT M WHAT I SAW
2. MOMENT M {BAOUM} WHAT THE TOWER HEARD
3. MOMENT M WHAT I SAW
4. MOMENT M + n SECONDS {BAOUM} WHAT THE TOWER HEARD
WHAT THE TOWER HEARD LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND !
FOR ME , THE SHELLS PROVED ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT MAN WAS INFERIOR TO NATURE .
NO MAN - NOT EVEN RAMBO - COULD THRIVE IN A SHELL CASING!
THERE WAS ALSO SHRAPNEL . WE COLLECTED IT . I HAD A BAGFUL . IT AROUSED IN ME, AT AN EARLY AGE , A PASSION FOR ABSTRACT ART .
WHAT FORM ! WHAT BEAUTY ! POOR PICASSO WHAT A DWEEB !
Plaques: 1981 ..79 1975 rare 1984
BUT FOR LAYING DOWN THE LAW IN HIGH SCHOOL , THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A GOOD OLD HAND GRENADE ( DISARMED )
MINE AT LAST !
IS IT WEIRD FOR ME TO BE IN THE SAME PANEL TWICE ?
Picture caption: Maren Keruge Classe de 12- B
THE DOOFUS WHO DISARMED ! IT FOR ME FOR 10,000 LIRA ( 7 ) EUROS ) LOST A FINGER TRYING TRYING TO COUNT TO TEN
(handout):
HANDY TIP SHEET
No. 231 How to Disarm a Grenade
What You Will Need : a Grenade ; an Empty
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Barrel Take the grenade . A Unscrew the top . B ( fig . 1 ) Pull the pin . (fig . 2 ) CAUTION !!! You have 10 seconds before the detonator D goes boom . Throw B in an empty barrel E ( fig . 3 ) .
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Wait for D to go boom in E ( fig . 4 ) . Salvage B ( without D ) from E. then stick C back in B and B in A. ( fig . 5 ) .... AND YOU HAVE A DISARMED GRENADE ( FIG . 6 ) !!!
Next Week's Tip Sheet : How to Sweep Your Yard for Mines !
HOW ABOUT , UH , ANOTHER 5000 ?
Tu veux mon doigt aussi ?
Gimme A KISS !
Girl: OW ! OK
PSSST - GIMME THE ANSWERS !
Boy: UH! OK
Sign: LYCEE, FRANCO, LIBANAIS
GIMME THAT SPIROU COMIC !
Boy: NO !
WHAT ?
Boy:IF THAT GRENADE BLOWS YOU'LL GO WITH IT , YOU TOOL !
Boy: TOOL
I'LL LET YOU OFF THIS TIME !
ANYWAY , YOUR SHITTY SPIROU'S NOT EVEN BY FRANQUIN !
IT WAS EASY TO BE A HERO AT RECESS .
I WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY WHEN :
{BOOOM}
A MASSIVE NOISE , BUT NOT AN EXPLOSION
MY FAMILY CAME RUNNING !
A DUD SHELL HAD LANDED ON MY BALCONY !
GOD SURE KEEPS AN EYE OUT FOR ME !
KIDS: I HAD A COUSIN WHO ...
KIDS: DAMN!
KIDS: HE'S BLESSED !
KIDS: TOTALLY
IT TOOK A BIT OF LUCK ALL THE SAME . SOME LOSERS MESSED IT UP
WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY
IT TOOK A BIT OF LUCK ALL THE SAME . SOME LOSERS MESSED IT UP
KID: I WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY...
SCHOOLS CLOSED WHEN THE BOMBING GOT TOO HEAVY . WE WENT DOWN INTO SHELTERS . AH , BOMB SHELTERS , AND THEIR NEVER - ENDING BLACKOUTS . SHELTERS AND THE DUMB GROWN - UPS WHO WERE ALL AFRAID
(Grown ups speaking Arabic)
SUDDENLY...
SHELTERS AND THE HOURS SPENT REREADING THE SAME
ME ? I WAS NEVER SCARED . I KNEW WE WERE BEING PROTECTED BY SOME REALLY GREAT GUYS .
MY FRIENDS THE MILITIAMEN .
WEIRD ... I THOUGHT MY FRIENDS LOOKED MORE LIKE THIS ...
{BANG BANG}
HEY , MAZEN BUDDY !
(our Alberto)
