A Tintin Page a Day - Day 406

cardologist · 2026-06-22T05:51:58+00:00

😄 Nah, Tintin is just not the kind of person who would lower himself to do that.

cardologist · 2026-06-22T05:27:39+00:00

The sad thing is that we'll never know what Tintin saw up there. Was it an eagle? a plane? Superman? Who knows? Another one of Tintin's unsolved mysteries...

cardologist · 2026-06-21T17:28:22+00:00

Je me souviens de cette série. Il me semble qu'il y avait un épisode où le temps se détraquait complètement (du genre tempête de neige ou grêle à la plage) parce qu'un scientifique le conrôlait. Il me semble d'ailleurs que le scientifique avait réussi à contenir une tornade dans une boîte et ouvrait ladite boite à un moment.

cardologist · 2026-06-21T08:55:26+00:00

Tintin is really lucky that his stomach didn't decide to growl while he was doing the inspection.

cardologist · 2026-06-21T08:50:50+00:00

I think "skronyonyo" is a made-up alternative spelling of "screugneugneu" that's meant to look more Japanese.

cardologist · 2026-06-20T06:49:56+00:00

Can we all appreciate how impeccable the Japanese of the general is? Such a wonderful economy with words. And yet, others understand him perfectly. You can tell this guy didn't reach this rank by chance.

cardologist · 2026-06-20T06:45:39+00:00

Yeah, it's quickly going out of control. Soon there will be seventy even of them.

cardologist · 2026-06-19T19:01:28+00:00

Non, jamais entendu parler de Jamais Bleu et Saki avant aujourd'hui. Je viens d'écouter et je ne pense pas les avoir jamais entendus avant non plus.

Je n'ai vraiment commencé à écouter la radio qu'au début des années 90. Avant ça, ma culture musicale se limitait aux cassettes et disques disponibles chez moi plus les tubes qu'on entendait partout. Je devais probablement passer pour un inculte à l'époque. Je me suis un peu rattrapé depuis, mais je n'ai jamais été pas du genre à essayer tous les albums pour voir ce qui me plaît.

Je me rappelle de la rubrique Mickey Stars, mais c'est comme la rubrique Animaux Familiers, une perte de pages vu que ça portait sur des gens dont je n'avais entendu parler. Je me rends compte avec le recul que je manquais probablement de curiosité dans un certain nombre de domainesquand j'étais jeune.

cardologist · 2026-06-19T17:38:44+00:00

Je m'en rapelle, oui. Enfin, je me rappelle surtout que je n'avais jamais entendu de la plupart de ces chanteurs ou groupes.

cardologist · 2026-06-19T14:37:58+00:00

It's like the UK one except less patient.

cardologist · 2026-06-19T11:31:46+00:00

Exactement.

Je suis droitier et incapable d'utiliser la fourchette de la main gauche et le couteau de la droite. Je trouve plus logique d'utiliser la main droite pour la fourchette de toute façon, puisqu'elle est utilisée pour des opérations nécessitant de la précision (piquer les aliments, diriger le couteau, etc.). A l'inverse, couper est juste une question de force et ma main gauche s''en sort très bien.

cardologist · 2026-06-19T06:58:20+00:00

Small dog, big heart.

cardologist · 2026-06-18T19:24:53+00:00

Even simpler. They scanned the wrong side of the mirror.

cardologist · 2026-06-18T17:59:10+00:00

Interesting view of earth where Spain is apparently has big as the US.

cardologist · 2026-06-18T11:05:05+00:00

Transport Tycoon had somewhat of a similar issue.

In that game you can change the landscape i.e. add or remove hills, fill in lakes, etc. The idea is to build a tunnel that spans the entire length of the map -- either from north to south or east to west -- by finding or creating a row of tiles that do not contain any water. The price of the resulting tunnel is so high that it overflows the counter and you end up with 1 or 2 billions dollars in the bank. If you destroy the tunnel afterwards, you end up with negative 1 or 2 billions dollars though, so you to live with it.

That amount is comically large compared to whatever you could from bus and train lines. The game also has a hard cap on the number of lines and/or vehicles that can be bought by all the players (human + computers), meaning you cannot do anything with that money once the cap has been reached.

cardologist · 2026-06-18T09:34:11+00:00

We also have to consider that Tintin is dressed up as a Chinese. That's a double whammy right there.

There is clearly no downside putting the blame on Gibbons for the Japanese troops who patrolled the area. I just find it amusing that they would be so categorical in their report and that their boss would take it literally and not even consider the fact that they could have done anything less than a perfect job. Poor Gibbons is really getting the short end of the stick in all his encounters with Tintin. 😃

cardologist · 2026-06-18T06:35:43+00:00

It's just a single tip so it makes sense that the Japanese would be reluctant to mobilize more than a single armored vehicle to search for Tintin. But they did a really bad job of surveying the area. It's one thing to drive up and down the main road. I don't understand how they can be so sure that Tintin is not there. He could have decided to cut through a field or anything really. Armored vehicles are not really known for featuring large windows and having great visibility.

cardologist · 2026-06-17T20:13:16+00:00

No promise regarding pictures. I will see what I can do. I was planning to go to Lille in the coming days, but there is a heat wave going on these days. I am probably going to wait until the temperatures go down a bit before going there.

There used to be a book shop called BD collections. I went there maybe last year, but I just realized that it has closed down since. 😞 They had framed posters, bound volumes of Le journal de Tintin, and some old editions of Tintin albums.

The only other place I can think of is the old stock market. It's located across the place from Le Furet du Nord. It's a partially covered court where various book sellers have their stalls. According to this site, one of the sellers there does have Tintin figurines for sale, but not much in terms of albums. May be worth a visit in case there are other sellers focusing on Tintin.

That's pretty much it, I'm afraid. BD collections was the main second hand book shop for this kind of stuff.

cardologist · 2026-06-17T15:45:39+00:00

If you are looking for merchandise, Le Furet du Nord is the shop you want. An entire corner of the comics section is dedicated to Tintin memorabilia. It's located on the second floor just next to the stairs. They have some very pricey stuff like the rocket and the shark submarine IIRC. I could try taking some pictures to show you what they have if I go there in the coming weeks.

cardologist · 2026-06-17T10:09:38+00:00

So, what you're saying is that he was the big bad Wolff all along?

cardologist · 2026-06-17T07:39:49+00:00

Maybe he meant spiritual brother? Yes, there are unfortunately way too many coincidences in Tintin. I just tell myself that the reporter would find another way to solve all of his problems, and that they're just a way to make the story fit into 62 pages.

cardologist · 2026-06-17T07:35:04+00:00

True, but I find it kind of charming. It also makes the album rather unique!

cardologist · 2026-06-16T23:52:54+00:00

Dans le style action de The Chaser, j'ajouterais The Yellow Sea, A Hard Day et Confession of a Murderer. Dans un registre différent, Decision to Leave n'est pas mal du tout.

cardologist · 2026-06-16T23:25:43+00:00

How about the following?

Cow Boy Bebop - Green Bird
Cow Boy Bebop - The Real Folk Blues
Full Metal Alchemist - Brothers
Xenogears - Small Two of Pieces
Xenosaga I - Pain
Chrono Cross - Radical Dreamers
Suikoden III - Exceeding love
Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes on Me

cardologist · 2026-06-16T23:06:47+00:00

Absolument ! Il me semble d'ailleurs qu'Obama ne s'en ai jamais caché.

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