My apologies for not posting a comic for such a long time, things got a bit hectic at work and once I was done, there was not a lot left in me to get around to posting a comic.
But I won't just apologize. I will do my best to make up for it by:
(a) posting a response to all the comments that were not responded to in the last 1.5 months - all comments have been responded to - starting comic #168 upto the "statue" post on November 30.
(b) posting a bumper comic :-)
First up, one of my jokes was in bad taste as Abhijit pointed out. It is a reminder to me about my "non"sense of humour and how it can go out of control. Btw, as in the response to one comment, I have also provided a few examples of how that Q & A can be tailored to requirements, so don't forget to look up the comments :-)
And quite a discussion on the last post. I don't mind if the discussion continues but I wanted to say something that I feel strongly about.
The difference between a leader and a great leader is probably, foresight. Most of ours didn't show that, or were too naive in believing that their followers will take their ideals forward in its intended form.
Our leaders were no doubt amazing people but they fell they lacked the foresight to understand the impact of their actions and in some ways, allowed themselves to be pimped. And yes, in their quest to create leaders or followers, they created some pimps who for want of a better word, are today's politicians.
Absolute bakwaas na? Now let's have some fun by posting a comic but before I get there, there is an interesting piece I read.
It was titled "Condoms 'too big' for Indian men" and goes on to say that a survey by the Indian Council of Medical Research has found that condoms made according to international sizes are TOO LARGE for a majority of indian men. Indian men's penises do not match international sizes and most condoms on sale in the country are too big. Ok. That explains population growth in the last 30 years but there 3 things that make me laugh, cry and wonder:
1. This is a good example of honest research turning into embarassment for 500 million men - Ek teer 500 million shikaar
2. Next time our leaders try to negotiate a deal in the west, you know what they are going to think ;-)
3. What are you thinking?
Let me know :-)
Another apology due - this time to sunshine whose Birthday I forgot (26-Nov) !!!
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43 comments:
i am first i am first
I am second!!!
Damn..missed the first spot while I was browsing through TCP's mammoth reply to the previous post.
And you know what .. the official name of the research paper is .."Indian men don't measure up" :)
3rd!
Hey thanks TCP for this wonderful comic after a long time.
I was just worrying over some personal matters and then i saw and read the comic and whoosh... all worries are gone after reading this.
I like the jungle saying that "The Phantom life is lonely one" after all this type of life is an integral part of THE PHANTOM.
Hey thanks TCP for this wonderful comic after a long time.
I was just worrying over some personal matters and then i saw and read the comic and whoosh... all worries are gone after reading this.
I like the jungle saying that "The Phantom life is lonely one" after all this type of life is an integral part of THE PHANTOM.
(tagadak tagadak tagadak.)
TCP: i heard the report you mentioned on KCRW world news. Made me laugh , I mean.. how does a news reader read that kind of news without laughing out loud.
anonymous: buddy, you GOT to claim your position, so get a name and join the race! I graciously give you 3rd to welcome you to TCP if you are a genuine comic lover and claim 4th.
(nyeighhh..tagadak tagadak tagadak)
{in case you guys are wondering what the sound in bracket was, that was my new mode of transportation..the High Horse}
5th for me..
As an aside i'm heading home in 10days after finishing grad school and a almost a year of work. I can't sleep anymore He he.
6th :-)
whoo...hoo...a comic ...finally...thanks.
Me 7th. Ya a comic finally.
8th position taken.
I missed out on the last discussion and was not very active in posting comments of late. I have done a lot of travelling for the past 3 months or so. First relocation from Bang to delhi & then a whole lot of family & official travels.
But any way the discussion has been a very good one with a lot of different point of views. But to be honest I agree with u TCP. The pimps r the ones who are making the best out of it these days, dragging along the names of the great leaders & collecting the riches & its we the people, for whom those leaders fought, are the suferers.
We Indians do have the habit of blaming it to one man, but never r able to take collective responsibilities of the deeds or the events.
Like we blame Gandhi/Nehru/Jinnah for partition, which till today has been a biggest thorn in the flesh. I don't know how many people here know about the horrors & atrocities that happened then. I know this becoz my family had to face the music. & what do we do nowadays. Blame it on Gandhi, who was the last person in the country who wanted partition. Though I was not born or brought up in Punjab, I still remember the horror tales told by my Grand Dad who did face the music during that time.
Gandhi did have a foresight. We the people of India then failed to realise or forsee the future, which is what we see today. Nehru or the so called Hindu community would have given up the PMship for a larger good in the days to come. Think of an undivided India with no cross border terrorism. It would have been definitely a lot better country today with the tons of money not pouring into the defense budget but to be utilised elsewhere for the betterment of the people.
Me 9th...still in top ten!! :-)
Could you please post some tamil versions of phantom and mandrake?
Thanks
Phew! Just made it to 10th!
Hey RS, all this giving away positions is ok if it makes you feel good, but think of the number of people you are pushing down(er)!!!! And, a small technicality here - that anonymous you gave away your position to was probably shobi (judging from exact same content), who had already claimed first (Congratulations, Shobi!). Hmmmm Rule Keepers, help me out here!
11th and wherefore weret (?) thou cloudy? :(
@RS: Hmm the Wise Cloudy has a point.
@Cloudy: Well spotted!! =D> Now where IS obi?
@All: Y'know guys, desi-bashing aside, have you noticed that we as a people get extremely worked up about an issue, talk about it till the cows come home and then the next minute we happily go back to doing whatever we were doing before we got pulled into the argument? Its like we have a pressure control valve in our heads or something :). Doesn't it rock to be Indian :D
Aah...nice, long comic! And the long-awaited Heloise-naming issue surfaces! Also, the rare devil-translation (wuff, wuff = okay)! And Diana points out Luaga's sexism! Yum, yum...TCP ki jai!
@TCP, just wanted to let you know that i think you do a wonderful job with your responses...you stand up where it's needed, effortlessly lighten the atmosphere when it's getting worked up, and see to it that your "dukaan" doesn't close...very admirable.
Congrats Shobi...
@ TCP - Thanks once again !! Your commitment to our cause (read adults caught in a childhood time wrap looking for enjoyment in real time).
We can argue whether our leaders had foresight but they atleast had moral scruples but sadly this is absent in an average Indian.
INDIANS ROCK ALWAYS. In fact I always believed that Phantom was secretly Indian (actually facts & identities have been changed to protect the secret):-D
Me 12th! Writing this comment from Delhi- my gaon! Am here on a 5 day leave to attend a friend's wedding, so haven't been active on the blog-world, in the process missing outon most of the fight in the previous post!!! Disgushting!
How come no one's said anything about the 'Survey' by Indian Council of Medical Research?! :D
Well, except Motku..
@SS: Happy belated b'day >:D<. As for the survey, umm..where angels fear to tread and all that ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6161691.stm
Thats the article you want to check
Belated Happy Birthday Sunshine :) You shoulda told us!!!!!
Obi, enjoy the gaon! Is it a peaceful tranquil one, or teeming with activity? (I have this fascination for villages, maybe I'll settle in one someday :))
About the survey, ummmm.... what Revealed said!
Revealed/Cloudy: Thank you, :-) Lol.. where angels fear to tread?! :D
@TCP: This comics seems to be a collection of a few stories.. but it was good reading a really long comic after a really long time :-)
:) yeah.. it might have been shobi. as for pushing people down.. you are just sore coz you got pushed down cloudy :)
but pleeese.. dont call the rule keepers. pretty pleeese, wont be naughty again.
Happy Birthday sunshine.
Thak you, RS :-)
@Pcloudy: Now that RS has invoked a P-word you REALLY cannot call the rule-keepers, I'm afraid.
Belated Happy Birthday Sunshine! Sahastra Putravati Bhav(May you be the mother of a thousand sons)- Old Jungle Saying :-)
13 th!!!!!!!!
not bad for the second time especially with exams going on....
@cloudy
finally... Thanks
no way is it mahatma... shucks .. will have to change my name (to prevent that interpretation) but problem is that cant think of any cool name so this sticks while i search ...;)
well the comics are located near delhi... gajraula to be exact... its a small town on the way to rampur from delhi (Jubilant Organosys) .. will rent a scanner this time lets c if i can scan a couple of comics i havent read here ... oh and i am in pune ... will be leaving for delhi in a weeks time...
@horizon
i agree with u but that does not absolve gandhi from all the charges that he was and probably will be the shrewdest politician in indian history....
when INC chose subhash chandra bose as the president.. gandhi refused to work with him and thus creating a domino effect which ultimately lead to the resignation of SCB ....
thats high handedness to the hilt and a very clever way to retain power ...
@sunshine
bet every other person(read Male) is thinking
'thank god,500million others'
(rubbing hands gleefully) cloudy..lets hit Gajraula with a Rampuri in case we meet resistence. :)
@RS: Hehehehe meet me behind the third rock from the peepul tree at midnight... you remember the secret password don't you?
@mg: Never mind about the name, once you give yourself a name on TCP, it stays with you. I know. I tried. [Old Jungle Saying]
@mg: Tsk tsk! What have you done? Do you not know that this is a dangerous place inhabited by denizens of another world? I think you have to move your stash, mg to a much safer place. I could help you with that * smiling angelically *
Hi all the TCP members,
I have been reading these comics for past few months now.. I have grown up on these comics when I was a kid and then suddenly lost touch on them. It was a nice surprise to see this whole blogsopt dedicated to Phantom, Mandarake and Bahadur comics. I would like to thank you very much. Also, I have been reading your blogs for past few weeks and feel as if in some way I am connected with all of you..joe,tcp, aastha, the eldest sibling, obi wan, doctorsaab, shobi rs,mg, sunshine, horizon, cloudy etc..
Would like to wish all the very best to all of you.
Regards,
Ashish
@shobi: congrats :-) That phantom saying is kinda sad isn't it :-(
@motku: mammoth reply it was. Result of laziness :-s
@rs: yep...it was funny..very funny...but that's also like a kick between the legs of 500m of us out there :-) nice transport btw
@templetiger: some numbering gadbad has happened. Let us know how the trip home was.
@sunshine: you too bad number
@manthiram: you were a bit pakaoed of the discussion eh? ;-)
@horizon: Welcome back travelling horizon. I was speaking to a brit recently who said that first the Indians were all fighting for freedom and then when freedom was a given, they started fighting for the price. He made it sound "inevitable" and I couldn't agree more with him. :-(
@im: :-)
@anon: Did your bidding Sir :-)
@cloudy: The numbers got screwed up from #4 but eZam don't intervene
@revealed: Pressure control valve hehe. Rocks to be Indian any day any time any place.
@sketchy: wuff wuff - I didn't notice that. Thanks for the kind words too my friend. After all - dukaan comes first :-)
@oldmanmozz: commitment to your cause haha - now that is a good one.
@obiwan: 5 days at your gaon? wow...you missed a big fight but there'll be more
@sunshine: that it is senshitive topic :-) you seriously expected us men to speak up?
@revealed: Love that: "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread". I read somewhere "Fools rush in" and wondered what it meant for a long time. I often prefer lack of maturity and understanding to a sensible head.
@indian dick: haha now that is a tempting name to poke fun about
@sunshine: thankyou
@mg: "Thank god, 500 million others" - If only we guys knew what the real measure was coz then we would say "oh god - me too?"
@ashish: you read these for the past few months and commenting now??? come here you...@!#W@#$!)%#
Thanks for this post of The Phantom comic in its original version. I love this version. Indrajal use to reformat the comic and add very badly drawn extentions to boxes, if you know what I mean. It use to be absolutely torture to a person like me who is visually oriented. Can you please mention what is the source of this comic? Who scanned it and where it came from? Please add those details. Many thanks again!!
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