Eat this, Dom Jose and friends!, a photo from Noord-Holland, South

Photographer's Note

NEWSFLASH from the front of the Portuguese-Dutch windmill battle:

The Dutch windmills are marching on and are taking over the Portuguese countryside. Several windmills of the Portuguese and their allies have already been destroyed, as shown here and here. As a sign of victory, one of the Portuguese mills that was involved in the innocent windmill war from the second day, was equipped with Dutch blades.

In the meanwhile the British secret service found out about Dutch rocket mills that were already positioned on their launch pads. Probably the secret agents had been drinking to many Wodka Martinis (shaken, not stirred), because they failed to see that these rocket mills were not equipped with war heads made for destruction, but for improvement of the Portuguese scenery! Once the Dutch windmills have reached the Mediterranean Coast, these rockets will be launched and will release thousands of little Dutch windmills (as shown in the picture) over Portugal. They will happily grow on the Portuguese countryside, enabling the Portuguese people to fully enjoy the superior technology and sheer beauty of the Dutch windmills. And for sure, one day the Portuguese will be thankful to the Dutch, wear wooden shoes, eat raw herring, tolerate marihuana, listen to Frans Bauer and start screwing up on penalty shoot-outs in important football matches....

(Yike, now this is really starting to frighten me...)

For anybody who has missed the Portuguese-Dutch innocent windmill war, please have a look at the theme for more information and have fun!

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This picture was taken at the flower market in Amsterdam. Always a good place to search for your own miniature windmill!

chicken, Rinie_Hoff, ajcsousa, KevRyan, Telo, ainem, capthaddock, bertolucci, Tue, Fixfocus, voodoo-girl has marked this note useful

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chicken (1557) 2005-08-10 17:36

LOL :-) Funny idea and great note. I also like the image, especially the red mill at the top which falls out of the row makes it great too.

Rinie_Hoff (9340) 2005-08-10 17:47

wow Michael, I am brooding on something like this, but I'm sooo tired.oops, I shouldn't tell of course. Thiis will teach them a lesson!. great display of the Dutch supremacy. They will shiver readin g that they will have to listyen to frans Bauer, tyou're using heavy ammunition!
I will get bakc to my pc, and help you. tha is if I do not fall asleep!

ajcsousa (1804) 2005-08-10 18:20

I know that both Portugal and Holland are in EEC, but this it's too much. Close the borders right now, they are striking with toys ... they are trying to convert our poor children.

Now serious. Nice colourfull picture :)

Regards,
António

P.S. In the next days i will return to my flowers but ... i will be back ;)

KevRyan (22956) 2005-08-10 18:58

Fantastic!!!! This REALLY made me laugh!! Great stuff! Beautifuly spotted windmills! How can the Portuguese resist now?

seeds of love - love bombed - bring back the sixties - flour power!

kikvel (4784) 2005-08-10 19:00

Ja!

War is ongoing, Jose is alone, you are winning, and I see more mills are being manufactured, what a powerful deployment!

lovely colors!

K.

mlopes (494) 2005-08-10 19:54

AHAHAHAAH nice note :P

But what is this... are you sending babies to the war front!!! are you so desperate?

This looks funny, i think our chickens eat this at breakfeast...

Nice colourfull compo, nice patterns.

Mario

erdna (5713) 2005-08-10 20:15

LOL :-) It is getting funnier finier every postings from the two protagonist. I am enjoying it!

Andre'

geist_21 (664) 2005-08-10 20:19

This is the first time I enter in the war, as to be as a critic, since I am not in Portugal to take an active role. But...maybe I chose the wrong side to critic, since I should be in the Portuguese3 side???

Now seriously, although in the war, this photo breaks a bit the wave of wind mills that we have seen lately, showing the a repetitive pattern broken by the 5th on the top line, slightly tilted.

colorpw (165) 2005-08-10 21:08

funny, nice color and cute objects, btw, good luck for the war

everlasting (17616) 2005-08-11 2:47

Comrade Michael, yesterday I rounded up thh garden mills today I was planning to call upon the minutures for posting. I am glad that we are thinking alike and strategically. Eevn thought eh littel red mill seems to be quivering in his boots they will make a fine light infantry.

Well seen, Michael.

jinju (14265) 2005-08-11 4:10

What an offensive from the dutch. Although I wouldnt clasify these mills as heavy cavalry..more like light infantry and small infantry at that.

Great photo. Very nice colors and well composed with the rule of thirds in mind.

Telo (307) 2005-08-11 4:35

Great stuff. you and José are making this war an event on TE :)))

you must make a book out of this!

great notes and good photo (though it shouldn't have mills in it ;)

dkeus31 (27739) 2005-08-11 6:12

Hi Michael,
Very funny contribution this one.
Good colors.

hugolef (4913) 2005-08-11 8:31

Hello Mr Michael
you attack with Frans Bauer ... unbearable !
Take this ...

funny picture, but you could take the photo on the side to get a perspective that amplify the number.
Regards, hugues

bertolucci (14052) 2005-08-11 16:16

Good gracious Michael, you were really on a roll with this colourfull funny and very effective graphism.....untill you brought up Frans Bauer, I'm wiping the bile from my screen now. But now that is clean again.....on the other hand...if you get the Doms to listen to the singer...well it will wipe 'm out :-))
Very well seen & done!
Groeten uit Rotterdam, Bert.

Tue (82146) 2005-08-11 19:36

Hi Michael,
Tja, wat kunnen die Portugezen nu nog tegen zulke kitsche molentjes inbrengen. ;-) Leuke foto met mooie kleuren! Prima werk.
Groeten,
Lars

capthaddock (28790) 2005-08-12 11:00

Oh my god, a liliputian army that will daze the enemy by their numbers and by their tackiness.

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-08-14 5:02

Yes Michael,in your note you draw a beautiful picture of Portugal´s
future,but maybe we can replace
Frans Bauer with Boudewijn de Groot?
A very fine picture with the texture
of all those colorful,little,dutch
windmills.Very well spotted and captured.
Prettige Zondag,
hermann

voodoo-girl (696) 2006-03-24 12:48