[Info-vax] Basil Faulty has a lot to answer for

[P. Sture]

In article <gq3v8k$pq1$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au>,
 "Richard Maher" <maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Paul, Michael,
> 
> I guess there's just no getting past you guys is there? Or is
> self-deprecation really that unexpected in the narcissistic frenzy that is
> COV (well all of Usenet from that matter)?
> 
> You all must be a hoot at the pub. Next time bring a whiteboard with
> magnetic chickens & eggs. See when the guy crescendos to "We were so poor,
> there were fifteen of us and we all lived in a paper bag at the side of the
> road!" he doesn't really mean it - honestly.
> 
> Having lived in Deutschland for 15 months I can understand Michael's wacky
> "Das ist funny ja?" sense of humour, in the absence of somebody slapping
> someone :-) But Paul what's up? You must have been in Switzerland too long?
> 

Nah, 'twas just intended as a little leg pulling. Sorry that it read the 
wrong way.

> 
> PS. I'm not slagging anyone off here; we loved our time in Munich, and if
> there was an opportunity there I'd be back tomorrow! But when we lived on
> NymphenburgerStrasse in Neuhausen we'd go to the English Cinema every now
> and then; so too would many of the native German-speakers (who spoke English
> better than me and didn't want the film dubbed.) It was certainly confusing
> for us to sometimes be laughing amidst almost total silence and other times
> have the rest of the theatre erupt into laughter while we were scratching
> our heads. Having said that, Michael is undoubtedly Prussian and God only
> knows what passes for humour up there ;-)

Many films are dubbed well, but some are downright awful. I was until 
recently enjoying Warner Brothers cartoons going back as far as 1943 
(interesting from a historical point of view) on one of the Italian 
language channels here transmitted as dual language broadcasts (Italian 
and English). They have unfortunately dropped the origional ENglish 
version and the Italian version sounds more like someone reading the 
news. They are can in no way be compared with the Mel Blanc version!

-- 
Paul Sture