The Japanese can make anything cute!
Well, there are hospitals with cartoons on them, “Keep Out” warning signs on premises with pictures of rabbits holding out their paws, and even the roadwork signs have pictures of flowery meadows on them. But this time the Japanese have gone one better. Whoever said war can’t be cute has obviously not met the Japanese Self Defence Force’s (SDF) new mascot, incredibly named Prince Pickles!
If you think this is some bizarre joke then think again. The bigwigs in the armed forces have obviously been on some team-building weekend in which far too much sake was drunk. Then one evening someone came up with the great idea of having a cartoon character to promote the armed forces in Iraq. Everyone knows that what Saeed needs after his home has just been destroyed by another fight in Baghdad is for Prince Pickles to come bouncing down the road with his disturbingly big eyes!
That’s all for now, but I just wanted to share that little image with you. And to cop it all off, they still can’t spell defence properly!!! More later…
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