[ASTRO] Re: Any translators out there?

[kepler@metro1.com (Michael Kepler)]

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> Bruce Watson wrote:
> > 
> > Please help!  On my copy of "Destroy All Astro-men!" there's some text
> > written in a foriegn language (Spanish?  Italian?) on the back cover
> 
> hmm... on my copy, it's in german, so i was able to have my friend
> translate. maybe it says the same thing. unfortunately, i have since
> forgotten a lot of what it said, but here is a very loose translation...
> 
> ASTRO-MAN must always walk forward.  Never backwards, or to the side, or
> around in circles...if you see him going the wrong way, then kick him in
> the shoes (i remember this phrase because it translated awkwardly..)
> until he is moving "forward" again.
> 
> 	josh
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AHA!  This makes perfect sense.  After a show last year, Birdstuff was
autographing my LP of "Destroy" and we had a conversation about the
very cool cover.  He admitted that the artwork comes from the packaging
of a robot toy purchased in... Germany!

Mookie

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