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Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

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Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 5 months ago
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  • SlicedPotato@feddit.dk
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    5 months ago

    And in Denmark he’s Holger.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Dammit! Beat me to it by 30 minutes, you fiend! 😄

      • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        If you’d just stick an r in there, you two could be friends.

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        Ah, another Dane I suppose?

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          5 months ago

          Indeed 😁

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    He’s got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he’ll blend in, disappear, you’ll never see him again.

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      With any luck, he’s got his other shoe already.

  • ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Why are we all looking for this guy? Forgot what he did to be the world’s most wanted fugitive?

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      In my headcanon, I’m shipping Waldo and Carmen Sandiego. Nobody can find them, and they travel the world on a global crime spree.

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        In my head, Waldo is a trans guy, living his best life, using his dead name Carmen Sandiego, drag, and gender norms as an effective tool as an effective shield against the authorities to seperate their work life from their personal life.

        This is why Carmen is flashy, memorable, and bold while Waldo is quiet and casual.

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        That newer Carmen San Diego cartoon is pretty fun.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      He has been framed by Odlaw and the Waldo Watchers…

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    In Sweden, Donald Duck is named Kalle and Garfield is named Gustaf, so pretty much everyone gets renamed.

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      5 months ago

      Stålmannen går på en krypto-nit

    • Hofmaimaier@feddit.orgOP
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      5 months ago

      What’s my name?

      • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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        5 months ago

        Hovnarr.

        • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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          In Germany, we say Hofnarr.

          • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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            5 months ago

            Sag bloß ;D

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    Why does it have someone explaining the joke?

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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      Had white space to fill.

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        True but could have been something that added to the punchline rather than simply explaining it

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          Could’ve laid out the entire thing differently from the beginning :) (j/k, the author thinks their audience is stupid, of course)

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            TBF, looking around at the general population, their audience is statistically likely to be someone stupid.

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        I’m a… (My lawyer has advised me to stop the joke)

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    Waltuh

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    They have no problem finding him, they have a problem holding him.

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    The schtick is that his name rhymes w/ whatever the pronunciation of “where” is in the current language

    EDIT: yeah, I’m totally wrong. It does for my language, thought this is the general rule. Don’t want to doxx myself.

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      Uhhh …

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      I don’t know about French but for the other languages I can say it’s not true

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      Wheredo Waldo

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        Wherelly Wally

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      Where can I learn to spin yarns like that?

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    International criminal mastermind.

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    Some good OPSEC (PERSEC?)

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    Found him!

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    Rare instance of yanks taking “y”s out of a name.

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