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Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

Lynn

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On 2/12/26 12:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

Lynn

Rat is not as aware as you are, Lynn.

bliss
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In article <10mldv1$1pan8$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

Lynn

Well, yes, but also for the song.
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Lynn McGuire wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

Not for me - as I had barely started to learn English by then, and
of course we watched the dubbed to German version. I suspect the
title song was also changed, but don't remember. (I remember the
Brady Bunch one, though)

A couple of years ago I stumbled upon the series on YouTube, I think,
and then it was obvious.

-is
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig
<tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

Just out of curiosity, was this a German translation effect?
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In article <10mpuv9$36nmi$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

I seem to have been the only one in my family who understood the
pun in the name of Hartlepool's most famous comic strip character...
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On 2026-02-14, Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

It took me decades to realize that the titles of Hal Clement's
novels _Mission of Gravity_, _Star Light_, and _The Nitrogen Fix_
are puns.
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Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> schrieb:

On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig
<tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

Just out of curiosity, was this a German translation effect?

No, I read them in Englisch. I simply didn't know the expression
"a pride of lions", (although it was very obvious that the Hani
were modeled on lions) when I read them.

In German translation, the novel is titled "Das Schiff der Chanur"
(the ship of the Chanur).

Similar with "Electric Light Orchestra". The lightbulb was
clearly displayed, but the "light orchestral music" was a term I
didn't know.
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Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> schrieb:

In article <10mpuv9$36nmi$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

I seem to have been the only one in my family who understood the
pun in the name of Hartlepool's most famous comic strip character...

I don't know the comic (much less the name). Care to explain?
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In article <10mufoq$ln5u$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> schrieb:

In article <10mpuv9$36nmi$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

I seem to have been the only one in my family who understood the
pun in the name of Hartlepool's most famous comic strip character...

I don't know the comic (much less the name). Care to explain?
--

Reg Smythe's "Andy Capp" the quintessential Northern English working-class n'er-do-well.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/andy-capp-statue
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On 2026-02-16 13:33:51 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

In article <10mufoq$ln5u$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> schrieb:

In article <10mpuv9$36nmi$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/12

Wow, that was fairly obvious to me around 50 years ago.

The pun in "The Pride of Chanur" only occured to me a few years
ago.

I seem to have been the only one in my family who understood the
pun in the name of Hartlepool's most famous comic strip character...

I don't know the comic (much less the name). Care to explain?

Reg Smythe's "Andy Capp" the quintessential Northern English working-class n'er-do-well.
<https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/andy-capp-statue>

It was also adapted into a TV series starring James Bolan. It wasn't
very good and only lasted one season in 1988. <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094417/>

All six episodes are on YouTube, although probably not legally, in this playlist (and likely others) although the episode order is mixed up: <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeEDB7h7rXLBSQ7A9IWg2M0j7VGSQFjTp>


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