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Lito Silva – Urna
Man: “I don’t know why, this old guy is afraid that the urn will bite him!” [NB: in Portuguese, “urna” means both urn (for ashes) AND it means ballot box.]
Lito Silva – Turistas
Guide: “Dear tourists, I will be your guide throughout this trip, showing you the essence of Angola, a country of half a dozen people and millions of statistics!!! …[gesturing to Audi car] Here we have the people’s typical means of transportation, bought with state funds…!”
Tourists remark: “wonderful/interesting/incredible/etc…”
Guide: [Gesturing to children in the dumpster] “…and here we can see a few of the country’s statistics. Although they are here, they’re not really here…In reality, they’re merely statistics since the number of actual people in this country is only half a dozen!”
Tourists remark: “wonderful/interesting/incredible/etc…”
Guide: [Gesturing to children in the dumpster] “…and here we can see a few of the country’s statistics. Although they are here, they’re not really here…In reality, they’re merely statistics since the number of actual people in this country is only half a dozen!”
Lito Silva – A Greve
First Man: “Grrr! Are these pilots coming or not?!?”
Second Man: “They are all *&!@*! Pfff…mmH!!
Third Man: “Either they finish their strike or I’ll finish them…
[In the lower panel, the tag says “Parachute”]
Second Man: “They are all *&!@*! Pfff…mmH!!
Third Man: “Either they finish their strike or I’ll finish them…
[In the lower panel, the tag says “Parachute”]
Lito Silva – O Flautista de Hammelin
Executioner’s shirt reads: “Indonesia.”
The sign above his head reads: “The Timor Leste Version of the Pied Piper…”
The sign above his head reads: “The Timor Leste Version of the Pied Piper…”
Lito Silva – Missão de Verificação de Conflitos da ONU
Sign reads: “United Nations Mission to Verify Conflicts!”
First Man: “…So, you see anything?”
Second Man: “Nope!…”
First Man: “…So, you see anything?”
Second Man: “Nope!…”