tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80174736560129962092011-04-21T11:12:39.698-07:00Dirty Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00838414380862101724noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017473656012996209.post-19466548407626759302007-08-26T20:13:00.000-07:002008-01-05T08:19:52.592-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Are you a victim of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Blind Optimism</span><span style="font-size:130%;">? Consider, then ask yourself these questions:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Do you wake up feeling all's going well for the Allies?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Do you think the War will end within the next 12 months?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Or do you consider our leaders competent? President Wilson? Prime Minister George?</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">If you answer </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >yes</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> to any of these, you might be in the dreadful clutches of BLIND OPTIMISM.<br /><br /><br />Don't be unprepared for tomorrow's newspaper! After dissolving all borders by our cowardice, we deserters harnessed a hopeless cheer, a laughter of artillery-sized trembling. Want to learn a thing or two? No visit to our caves is required! Spend the day with our CHEER-UP BOOK ($8 USD). Read the newest pick-me-ups, speculations, and ephemera – fresh from No Man's Land.<br /><br />CHEER-UP that lovely girl of yours – and give her a kiss for us, you salty dog!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C9C15nK-nag/RtrfE522NII/AAAAAAAAAAc/XnWEtgR8Q_g/s1600-h/cheer+up2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C9C15nK-nag/RtrfE522NII/AAAAAAAAAAc/XnWEtgR8Q_g/s320/cheer+up2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105638402921215106" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />All returns from these CHEER-UP BOOKS will go to <a href="http://www.st-dunstans.org.uk/">St. Dunstan's</a>, a school established in 1915 to rehabilitate blinded soldiers. 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