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13-Jan-20 20:08

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honey the codewitch13-Jan-20 20:17

13-Jan-20 20:17

I have to wonder how long Jim Davis can run with that theme, to wit: "I'm Garfield, I love food"

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Sander Rossel13-Jan-20 21:20

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13-Jan-20 21:20

As long as he can alternate with "I'm Garfield, I love sleep" he'll be fine Big Grin | :-D

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OriginalGriff13-Jan-20 21:22

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13-Jan-20 21:22

That doesn't leave any room for punting Odie, or hating on Nermal.

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter13-Jan-20 23:41

13-Jan-20 23:41

There are no themes in Garfield... The only subject is Garfield loves Garfield, the others are consequences...

"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

kalberts13-Jan-20 23:02

kalberts

13-Jan-20 23:02

Talking about Garfield ... I am searching for an original strip which I have only seen in a translation to Norwegian, with a text that can't possibly be original; it must have been created by the Norwegian translator. I would love to know the original (even though it probably is not half as good as the Norwegian one):

Garfield is in Jon's bathroom, climbing up on the mirror shelf among toothbrushes and water glasses. He finds a tube of toothpaste, squeezes it, the lid pops off and Garfield is sprayed all over with toothpaste.

That is when the Norwegian Garfield exclaims: "Hva brast så høyt, Herre konge?" ("What burst so loud, Lord King?"), which is from the Viking age Battle of Svolder. Actually, it was king Olav Tryggvason, hearing the bow of his Squire Einar Tambarskjelve break, who asked "What burst so loud?" and the squire answered "Norway off your hand, Lord King!" (King Olav did loose the battle.)

Does anyone recognize Garfield with the toothpaste tube, to give me a clue about the date when it was published? Or even better: A link to the strip. (It must be at least 20 years ago, probably closer to 30.)

Side comment:
I suspect that native English speakers are not aware how large a fraction of the comic strip texts are completely twisted around in translation - either because the word play simply doesn't translate, or there are cultural connotations that doesn't work in translation. One Norwegian translator of Peanuts claimed that between a third and half of the strips couldn't possibly be translated directly.

Or, the translator simply got a great idea. Like this old Garfield strip when Jon has bought himself a new recliner. Garfield sees it, and comments: This chair needs some conditioning! He scratches it all up, so when he finally jumps into the seat, the spring below breaks through the fabric, blowing him into the ceiling, breaking through, so he is dangling from his neck. In the original version, Garfield complains: "As soon as chair starts to earn your respect, it turns back on you", which is fair enough. But in the Norwegian version, he says: "There is always something covert about Swedish products" ...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter13-Jan-20 23:44

13-Jan-20 23:44

A date could help...
Colorized? Which Garfield?

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kalberts14-Jan-20 0:11

kalberts

14-Jan-20 0:11

The strips are frequently published in Norway months or even years after the original publication. Then, a year or two after they were shown in Norwegian newspapers, they come as collections. I have it in one such collection. When I get home from work I can dig up that collection and see its year of publication, but that would be a very approximate barrier for the latest day it could have been published.

In my collection book, it is just a line drawing, a "weekday" strip - earlier only weekend strips used to be colorized.

What do you mean by "Which Garfield?"?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter14-Jan-20 0:35

14-Jan-20 0:35

Garfield changed appearance over years...
There is the original created in 1978, than some minor updates in 1979 and 1980... then major updates in 1990 and 2000...

"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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Greg Utas14-Jan-20 1:15

Greg Utas

14-Jan-20 1:15

Du har rett. Den norske oversetting var bedre.[^]

honey the codewitch13-Jan-20 17:19

13-Jan-20 17:19

I had to download three quarters of a gigabyte of nonsense just to get the right MFC build targets. The first half gig was me fetching the wrong version.

God bless MFC. It's still causing me a headache decades after it should be dead and buried

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the goat in your machine13-Jan-20 18:13

the goat in your machine

13-Jan-20 18:13

could've saved yourself some download by changing the version of your project?

honey the codewitch13-Jan-20 18:40

13-Jan-20 18:40

I tried that. For some reason it wasn't working on my setup.

Anyway, the download fixed it. It builds again.

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Franc Morales13-Jan-20 21:28

Franc Morales

13-Jan-20 21:28

I hear you. Was there just yesterday.

ZurdoDev14-Jan-20 0:57

ZurdoDev

14-Jan-20 0:57

Franc Morales wrote:
Was there just yesterday

You were slowing each other down trying to download the same thing at the same time. Big Grin | :-D

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PIEBALDconsult14-Jan-20 9:00

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14-Jan-20 9:00

Sooo... just buried isn't good enough? It has to be dead too?

Navanax15-Jan-20 1:36

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15-Jan-20 1:36

Zombie code - eats your brains Smile | :)

MadMyche16-Jan-20 9:43

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16-Jan-20 9:43

I fear that pretty soon we will see Framework Hell

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honey the codewitch16-Jan-20 10:49