There is a joke in the film with the sendup, "Why does Khaddafi shave his pubic hair?" or something like that, and the subtitled punch line says "(x-rated German joke)". My German's pretty good but I couldn't catch it -- does anyone know what it is?
shareThey didn't subtitle that?! It's quite an ordinary reply - the reply is "So that his balls look nicer" - or something similar, I watched the film yesterday but can't remember the exact phrasing.
Maybe, the translator wasn't German and the fact that in Germany, we call our balls "Eier" (eggs) confused him / her.;-)
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shareThe joke was that "nicer balls" in German is "Eier toller", which is pronounced the same as "Ayatollah"
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It seems they could easily have put "so he'd have nicer balls (Eier toller/Ayatollah)". I've seen other jokes in other films that are subtitled in this way. It's too bad they didn't do that here.
It's quite funny, so I thought maybe one should add the whole thing. The joke is: 'Why does Khomeini have his pubic hair shaved?' = 'Warum lässt Khomeine seine Schamhaare rasieren?' 'So that his balls look nicer.' = 'Damit seine Eier toller aussehen'. In the news, Khomeini was always announced as 'Ayatollah Khomeini', which is equal too 'Eier-toller Khomeini' = 'Mr. Nice-balls Khomeini'.
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