New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for July 09, 2015

Who wants Greek candy?

Sorry, you don’t look anything like that landshark…

Get the mallet — it could be a Jehovah’s Witness!

1. “We need to get in the European central Bank.”2. “Go ahead and knock, Ulysses.”

That never worked for the Landshark.

The EU is giving Greece a Candy Gram laced with ExLax !

BWAHAHA!!

Okay, how about a translation!

Encyclopedia Salesman: Burglar! [rings again] Burglar!Woman: Yes?Encyclopedia Salesman: Burglar, madam.Woman: What do you want?Encyclopedia Salesman: I want to come in and steal a few things, madam.Woman: Are you an encyclopaedia salesman?Encyclopedia Salesman: No madam, I’m a burglar, I burgle people.Woman: I think you’re an encyclopaedia salesman.Encyclopedia Salesman: Oh I’m not, open the door, let me in please.Woman: If I let you in you’ll sell me encyclopaedias.Encyclopedia Salesman: I won’t, madam. I just want to come in and ransack the flat. Honestly.Woman: Promise? No encyclopaedias?Encyclopedia Salesman: None at all.Woman: All right. [she opens door] You’d better come in then.Encyclopedia Salesman: Mind you, I don’t know whether you’ve really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopaedias… You know, they can really do you wonders.

Looks like Odusséas, to me. Things get weird in translation.

So, you like-a the sauce, eh?

The fashion changes in these things. When I was a child, it was quite possible to see “Odysseus” defined as “the Greek name of Ulysses”. Not so much, now.