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Selçuk Göre at ssgore@superonline.com wrote:
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> So what's thing that great with this phrase? I'm not a native English
> speaker and I really don't get it. (is there an analogy between "base"
> and "butt"?)
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> Selçuk
No, the humor comes from the fact that it was a Japanese game that was
translated rather badly into English. Instead of saying "We control all your
bases" it was written "All your base are belong to us."
It's really not terribly funny all by itself, but the Flash movies that
were created are pretty amusing, IMO.
~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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