Vintage G’day

Australia, 1942:  A visiting American soldier comments on how much smaller the rats are compared to his native Brooklyn.

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More classic cuteness from Flickr Commons.

19 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Gigi says:

    That soldier better pray that mama’s in a good mood, because that joey is to little to be far from his mama’s pouch!

  2. bob drummond says:

    tHAT AIN’T NO RATM YOU NITWIT , THAT’S A KANGAROO !!

  3. unci says:

    And there’s a coloured version! http://www.flickr.com/photos/revjesse/4256336975/

  4. What a great photograph!

  5. Katie says:

    GI Joe, meet Joey.

  6. hrhqueencat says:

    give little Joey 12 months and he’ll give any man or woman what-for – either boxing or kick-boxing

  7. Ayaa says:

    Obviously, by the feet size it’s still a baby, but are we sure this isn’t a baby Wallaby? As said, it’d be way to small to be out-of-pouch if it were a kangaroo, and before this picture could even be taken, mama would be kicking his handsome self all the way to New Zealand.

  8. Amelia says:

    Oh they are both so cute!!

  9. sylvia says:

    Kangaroo, wallaby, rat, who cares? Adorable marsupial + classically handsome soldier= double win. Cute Overload, when will you release a calendar of cute guys and their cute animals??