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I Guess This Is What Plissken Did After Whopping Us With The Sword Of Damocles??
Merrick here...
Since money is involved, I have to dance carefully here. So...please do not think of the following as an endorsement by AICN. We don’t know the people doing this & can not speak to many details of the project itself. Although, given the e-mail address from which this information came, there appears to be a pretty decent legitimacy factor here.
We've received a message that I thought could be interesting, amusing, and possibly even touching to Geeks far and wide. Efforts are underway to create a new playground for the children of Gumniste, Kosovo. It’s named for a nihilistic, one-eyed anti-hero who we’ve been hearing quite a bit about lately.
MORE INFORMATION HERE and HERE!
We’re told the current plan is to incorporate a “possible mural, but definitely a plaque”. At the very least the playground needs a cruddy gladiatorial arena where kids can swing at each other with spiky clubs.
In all seriousness, now you know as much as I do. If you're interested in learning more about this, I can directly connect you with the people behind this project. If you want this to happen, E-MAIL ME!!
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Any particular reason for the name?
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To be the FIRST!!! to say it is TOO SOON to DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY because SNAKE PLISSKEN GOTTA EAT! That is all.
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Call it the Pork Chop Express if there's a lot of fat children playing there...
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I mean... I love helping people, and I love Snake, but... this is the most surreal thing I've ever seen. And I've seen Mr. Belvedere naked. (brrr)
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Sure, he likes to adopt the anti-hero pose, fool all the chicks into thinking he's a badass outlaw and whatnot. But when no one's looking, Snake loves to get him some swing time."Push me higher, Fresno Bob!"Of course, he wouldn't let any of the kids into the playground until he was finished. They would have to wait their damn turn. Snake may like the slippery slide, but he keeps his gun handy just in case any bastard tries to push in front.
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The Hannibal Lecter Anorexia and Bulima Center.
I hope this is real, because it would be very cool. Plus, hopefully, a safe place for those kids to play. They need one of Brain's maps to get a cross the wooden play bridge though. -
A peso
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Quite cool, but not appropriate. And this is following the pointless Kermit thing yesterday
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Who says Snake Plissken is dead?
I would donate, but my free cash went to New Orleans. -
Mar 30, 2007 9:45:50 AM CDT
AICN Exclusive: Stockton CA, 2011 - A NORBIT THEME PARK
by filmcritic3000
As cool as this story sounds, methinks April 1st has arrived two days early.
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"Owner: Rodolfo Sanchez..."?
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Hey everyone,
I'm the one trying to get this playground built. I'm deployed to Kosovo right now and my squad has been working with this school for a little while, and I've been trying to think of something badass to name after the baddest of badasses... eventually this playground came about.
I can answer any questions you have here. -
not only did you get your crank yanked, but you got it yanked early.
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This isn't a joke.... what proof do you guys need?
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The website is still pretty bare, most of the information and pics is on the myspace.
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What about making a monument to Huey Lewis?
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Kosovo actually looks alot worse than Borat's village.
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Nothing says 'Save the Chirrun' like a one-eyed killer. I'm all for playgrounds, but why Snake Plissken?
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Why do I get the feeling Map to the Stars Eddie is behind this? Perhaps because only one so sneaky could pull something over on AICN.
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Kudos to you and your squad man.
I myself am from the region (Bosnia) and was a kid during the war here, I can imagine what impact this will have on the lives on those kids.
Thanks for making the world a better place.
BTW, a great name :D -
I hope not. A plaque is obigatory, a mural would be nice, but this cries out for a dope Snake Plissken statue, preferrably a statue with Snake surrounded by little kids looking up happily at him. If this is real. Which I sincerely hope it is. I mean, this is AICN, you can't tell me the man didn't brighten most of our childhoods... still, I'm not donating shit until I have total confirmation that this is legit.
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Didn't intend to cast doubts on your sincerity, I posted before reading the talkback.
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and now the Snake Plissken playground?
What's next? The Ethan Hunt Nursery? -
...was actually of Bruce Lee, in the city of Mostar
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is going to be erected in Serbia. My mistake.
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In America,when you can't make freethrow you are Shaq.Where I come from you are SHOT!Whatta country!
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Hitting Chernobyl 2010.
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The Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too is currently under construction in Tijuana.
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Now I have to save up all my cash to attend the grand opening...Freakin sweet!
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Let's get our pennies together and put up a Lethal Weapon monument in Baghdad so that we can show these people democracy and get the lads out.
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I'll see if I can get the kids to hold up an AICN sign or something next time I see them. That should show my thanks as well as quell any doubts.
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As long as the playground has a special basketball court, gym with wrestling ring, and glider ride I'll contribute. Oh, and don't forget to mine the bridge on the playscape
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While I sure many see this as a joke, I personally believe this is real. I have donated 80.00 so far and will be donating another 63.33 (Loose change I cashed in). Here's a link to a SS of the PayPal payment.
http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/kosovo.jpg
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Which would the mural focus more on, Escape from NY or LA? Or how about Snake Escaping from Kosovo!
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for the amazing new UNRATED dvd of "Black Christmas" I just learned about!!!!!
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You know....just in case Snake drops sponsorship.
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...GOOO SNAKE!!
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Look like steel. I mean they could be Snake's illigitamate daughters. Very fitting.
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...but...okay, this is a great idea. I think it's kind of hysterical to name it after Snake Plissken. However, that also makes it difficult to take seriously. I'm not sure what to suggest...maybe give some background on who you are and why you want to do this??
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The good guys always win- even in the Aughties. Isn't THAT the message we should be teaching these kids?
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if this is real... which it looks like it is, absurdly enough ... hell, yeah. I'll donate.
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Well, at most a scam. I say f this.
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Than if this were true. He's one of my all time favorite characters, but I smell a scam.
I'm giving my donation to the Captain Ron Yacht Club, Ted's Island, Carribean -
As of 3-23-07 bout 1,700 U.S. troops are deployed to Kosovo, and about 330 Iowa National Guard troops are headed there soon. Troops there "operate in a region with an unstable government and outbreaks of violent lawlessness," ( Not sure what % of your PAYPAL donation would go to the "local" government minders of this Playground project but couldn't we have some US troops check in to see if it is legit and help out with the project?)) Master Sgt. Duff McFadden of the Iowa Army National Guard, who returned from Kosovo in 2006, said the area remains dangerous, with occasional shootings, bombings and many mines still buried in fields."While it's mostly peaceful, there's still an underlying tension," McFadden said. He said troops get an extra $225 per month in imminent-danger pay, and their earnings while they are deployed to a combat zone aren't taxed by the federal government. Soldiers also receive government-paid flights home for leave. Anyone here in the military going back to Kosovo soon? You could check this out for us maybe?
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it's Gerard Butlers face plastered everywhere.Remake lovers can blow me.
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You didn't happen to notice US soldiers in half of the pictures on hte myspace? Or that it is myself and my squad doing it? 100% of donations go towards the playground and its shipping.
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"I am the Duke of the School Yard, A-Number One!!"
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Not sure why this exists, if it's indeed true. It at least better have a basketball court and a wrestling ring.
However, I am inspired. I think I'll head over to Iraq to see if I can't get the Max Rockatansky International Velodrome up and running. -
Who am I with? I'm deployed here right now? US Army, Infantry, What more do you want to know?
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I'd love to contribute. Before I do, can I ask what unit you are with? Cheers!
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A TRP 1-182 CAV TF Patriot
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I have two more question, sorry for all the checking-up stuff... can I ask when your tour started/is scheduled to end, and whether you have combat status? Those are my last questions! ;-)
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Hey, no problem. We were activated in August 06 and trained in Indiana and Germany before coming here in November. We should be out of here in late Oct/Early November. And we do have combat status. There was some speculation that they may take it away (Which was fucked up for more than a few reasons) but they didn't so all is well.
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I'm the first guy on the friends list if anyone wants to contact me directly/see who I am.
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Well, that all seems to be in order. Glad you kept your CS (or rather, glad you kept your CS payments, anyway), & hope you're out in time for Thanksgiving.
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We should be back just in time.
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I posted my unit and such above... once again I'm in Alpha Troop 1-82 Cavalry-29th Infantry Division--(We're getting switched to 19D after this deployment so that's why we're a troop now instead of a company)
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...who I say I am. Here's a link to a picture of me in the Feb 07 KFOR8 Magazine... http://www.tffalcon.hqusareur.army.mil/PDFs/8/KFOR8-FEB2007.pdf
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Unfortunately, I can't really do much more to prove the playground will happen other than the pictures and videos I have already posted. -
you would post pictures with the kids holding hand made signs saying things like "AICN" and "Snake Plissken Playground" etc. That would help a lot of people believe in this, because Xiphos is right, for all we know those pics and videos could be old and unconnected. I trust your story, but I can see why some might not.
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I'm actually planning on doing that the next chance I get to go back to the school. It probably won't be for a few days (I can't give exact times, even if I knew them) due to missions and such, but I will get the pictures when I can.
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I'm totally looking forward to seeing them! Make sure you email them to Harry as well as posting them on your mySpace and facebook. Hopefully if this all speeds up and the donations start coming in you guys can get it all done before you come back around Thanksgiving.
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Pics coming soon...
... very soon.
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