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Tom Dunne

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Do Not Cross The JAKA
« on: December 02, 2013, 12:37:29 PM »
I came across this review on my lunch break today and couldn't help but laugh at the acronym for the secret police in this fictional Eastern European nation.

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/27/246154056/a-travel-writer-lost-in-an-undiscovered-country-in-land-across

Dan Kelly

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Re: Do Not Cross The JAKA
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 12:51:53 PM »
The weirdest thing about it is that agents are colloquially known as "Barneys."
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Do Not Cross The JAKA
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2013, 01:29:01 PM »
The weirdest thing about it is that agents are colloquially known as "Barneys."

And their 'cover' is just pure genius -- they pose (and actually generate income) as major paving contractors servicing government contracts in at least 3 states. To quote Sean Connery in The Untouchables, when he believes Ness' assertion that he's a Treasury Agent: "Who would claim to be that who wasn't?"
« Last Edit: December 02, 2013, 01:35:01 PM by PPallotta »

Gib_Papazian

Re: Do Not Cross The JAKA
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2013, 02:05:22 PM »
I'm not sure what is more frightening, finding myself in some Eastern European hellhole held hostage by a herd of obese, unbathed grunting swine with terminal halitosis, or lost in the bowels of Rust Belt Indiana with the choice of fleeing to Hillbilly Appalachia or working on a chain gang with Barny holding the whip.    
« Last Edit: December 02, 2013, 02:11:14 PM by Gib Papazian »

Mike Sweeney

Re: Do Not Cross The JAKA
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2013, 09:16:11 PM »

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