Help 2 understand pun in Obélix & Co.

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Colombe

Help 2 understand pun in Obélix & Co.

Beitrag: # 14473Beitrag Colombe »

Hi again ! I'm doing my paper on Obélix and Co, and there's a pun that i'm not sure 2 understand... (i'm no even sure whether there is one...)It's on page 25, on the 6th panel. The dialogue goes on like this:

- Unhygienix : Can I pay in fish?
-Woolix : All right. This isn't the time and place to carp!

The question may be stupid, but then, does he really agree with the fact that Unhygienix pays in fish????

Thank u so much in advance!!!!!!!!
invisifan

Re: Help 2 understand pun in Obélix & Co.

Beitrag: # 14476Beitrag invisifan »

Colombe hat geschrieben:The dialogue goes on like this:

- Unhygienix : Can I pay in fish?
-Woolix : All right. This isn't the time and place to carp!

The question may be stupid, but then, does he really agree with the fact that Unhygienix pays in fish????
"To carp" is a relatively obscure expression these days meaning "to complain" ... and "carp" is also a type of fish. So he uses a fish related term to say he won't complain about the deal.
Colombe

Beitrag: # 14484Beitrag Colombe »

Thanks!!
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Beitrag: # 14487Beitrag jaap_toorenaar »

dear Colombe,
I possess a complete analysis of all the puns I have discovered in this story, so if you're interested... There is only one small problem: it is written in dutch - and the only one I know from Spain who can speak dutch is Santaclaus...
Jaap
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