American Police
I try not to do “wacky Japanese” posts, but… holy shit. Thanks for the heads-up, Peter.
From Japanese retailer Mandarake’s auction site.
- Chris
February 27th, 2008 | by Chris
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February 27th, 2008 at 8:28 am
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
I like that…reminds me of the covers of these cheesy magazines my Mom used to read, in it’s spoofy way…
:D
February 27th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Wow. My favorite part is that the top headline on the left is touting, “32 pages jam-packed with America’s heroic and hot-blooded police! Your hands will get hot just turning the pages!”
Awesome. :-)
February 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Thanks Lillian, that makes it better and better.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I do love me some chubby boys in uniform but that cop ain’t sexy.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 am
[…] Via Chris Butcher, the cover of a Japanese magazine devoted to … um … American police. Oddly enough, this magazine seems to be celebrating the fine cops of the United States, at least according to the translation of a headline provided by one of Chris’s readers. According to LillianDP, the headline on the top left reads “32 pages jam-packed with America’s heroic and hot-blooded police! Your hands will get hot just turning the pages!” […]
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
[…] American Police Published March 3, 2008 asides , politics-social-racism Tags: American, asisdes, Chris Butcher, japanese, Police, politics, social What the Japanese think about the American police forces… […]