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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by Klaus » Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:15 pm

bogs wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:34 am
Ugh, and here I thought Popeye was universal.
Known in the USA <> universal! :D

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by bogs » Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:10 am

Klaus wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:15 pm
bogs wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:34 am
Ugh, and here I thought Popeye was universal.
Known in the USA <> universal! :D
Now would I say that if I thought he was only universal in the U.S. with you watching Klaus??
http://popeye.wikia.com/wiki/Popeye wrote:Popeye has a long and rich history spanning nearly a century and is one of the most recognizable and beloved cartoon characters in the world, consistently regarded as one of the best ever created.
I also don't think the U.S.==the world :wink:
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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by mwieder » Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:22 am

Klaus - I remember going by the Popeye village on Malta with the 2006 conference.

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by Klaus » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:11 am

mwieder wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:22 am
Klaus - I remember going by the Popeye village on Malta with the 2006 conference.
Really? I don't. :D

Of course I know Popeye, but his cartoons have not been in german television in the last 40 years or so.

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by bogs » Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:21 pm

Oh, they haven't been on here either, sorry for using an outdated quip. I'll try to come up with more modern routines :P
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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by Klaus » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:05 pm

Not outdated, but a non-universal quip, just avoid american-culture-centric jokes, if you know what I mean. :D

"Wimpy" is hardly known outside of the US of A.

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by dunbarx » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:11 pm

What other kind of culture is there?

Cant wait for this....

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by bogs » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:31 am

Klaus wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:05 pm
Not outdated, but a non-universal quip, just avoid american-culture-centric jokes, if you know what I mean. :D

"Wimpy" is hardly known outside of the US of A.
I dunno, I'm still working out whether the earth is flat or not, and now you tell me that Popeye and Wimpy aren't known outside the borders of the country I am in, despite assurances from the tooth fairy and Abraham Van Helsing that they are! (The Easter Bunny was unavailable, but I left a message!) Are you sure that you are not the one operating in a geographical bubble ? (i.e. do I have to figure out German quips?)

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by Klaus » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:12 am

bogs wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:31 am
... (i.e. do I have to figure out German quips?)
Yep, I'm afraid so. To get you started:
Wenn ist das nun Stück gitt und Schlottermeyer? - Ja: Bayer-Hund. Das, oder die Flipper-Wald Gespütt! :lol:

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by mwieder » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:31 am

LOL. And now it's time for the penguin on top of your television to explode.

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Re: Set button width to the width of its label?

Post by bogs » Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:11 am

Too late, I think my head exploded :shock:

The closest I could find was
https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/36995/translation-of-the-funniest-joke-in-the-world-from-the-monty-python-sketch/36996 wrote: The V-joke is not German at all.
German Wikipedia quotes it as
Wenn ist das nun Stück gitt (geht) und Schlottermeyer? - Ja: Bayer-Hund. Das, oder die Flipper-Wald Gespütt! (Gespött)“
This is made up to sound like German, but doesn't make any sense. It's obvious the joke had to be modified beyond distinction - Way too dangerous otherwise.
Btw, big Monty Python fan as well. Next week, I'm joining the Ministry of Silly Walks!
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