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Re: What is "kibology", anyway? I have looked it up in my dictionary ...
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Adam Funk
Apr 21, 2010, 7:50:02 AM4/21/10
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On 2010-04-12, Otto Bahn wrote:
> "CDB" <belle...@sympatico.ca> wrote
>> But the pun, or mistranslation, *was* entirely in English. The title in
>> the aliens' language had no need to mean anything but "put on a platter".
>
> "To Put Man On A Platter" would have ruined the story.
I'm sure I saw a similar lemur cookbook in Madagascar.
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Otto Bahn
Apr 21, 2010, 10:33:48 AM4/21/10
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"Adam Funk" <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote
>>> But the pun, or mistranslation, *was* entirely in English. The title in
>>> the aliens' language had no need to mean anything but "put on a
>>> platter".
>>
>> "To Put Man On A Platter" would have ruined the story.
>
> I'm sure I saw a similar lemur cookbook in Madagascar.
You made Jay Furr cry.
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