Still transtlating...

I'm still making italian subtitles for the Simpsons episodes, and I still having problems catching the exact phrases. In the last episode "Homerazzi", I couldn't get what The Krusty doll says. I understand it speaks about the Kinks and the Stones and something phisical, but I really can't figure out what it exactly says OR what the joke is.

Also what's the meaning of the phrase Paris Texano says just before hitting Bart? "I'm still breakin' in his nose"? I don't get the right meaning for "breaking in" and why she says "still"?

BTW: LOL at this scene, I always thought her face IS the most obsene part... :)

Finally, some "what did he say?":

- Mayor Quimby when Homer enters swinging: ..."Barring some XXX pendulum effect" - Lenny at the bar: "He wouldn't take time XXX funny bits from his movies"

• Ranier: "Celebrities, XXX (Hide? Hail? Out?) to shame(?)!"

If you are willing to help the italian fans will much appreciate, thanks.

Tigers wrote:

Bart sets the doll's switch to "Current Events", but The Kinks and The (Rolling) Stones have been around for decades. He finishes with, "Sounds like my last physical!" ("Physical" is short for physical medical examination.)

The line is, "I'm still breaking in this nose." "Breaking in" means you are getting used to something you just received, usually something you wear or sit on. (For example, if a new couch is stiff, you "break it in" until it is more comfortable.)

"some sort of pendulum effect"

"He wouldn't take the time out to do all the funny bits from his movies"

"Celebrities, hide your shame!" (This line has been used before - in "Brother from the Same Planet", when Homer runs out of the house naked, Lisa tells him, "Dad, hide your shame!")

-- Don

Don Del Grande ha scritto:

Now it makes more sense. So I guess it' a pun on kink used as "muscular spasm" and "Stones" as "calculus". Thanks. I guessed the joke was about "kink" = sexually deviated and physical=sexual but I was wrong anyway.

OK: in fact I found the definition for "break in" on the dictionary but I was focusing on "his" (Bart) nose... :) [snip]

Thank you very much for the help.

Tell us what Luigi is saying.

I can't under-a-stand is-a accent no good!

Momma Mia!

[email] ha scritto:

Eheh... No problem-o... I'm always here if you need some italian info...

In one episode, Luigi admits that he doesn't speak Italian. His fractured English is from being raised by parents who were learning English.

According to http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F12.html:

Luigi: I only-a consider you scum compared-a to Krusty.

So he knows how to use the word "scum" in a slang context, but speaks fractured English otherwise?

According to http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F21.html, he's an expert on wine:

Luigi: {[entering kitchen] Hey, Salvatore! Break out the cheap hooch for Mr. No-Tip and the dried-up-ah zombie he's-ah captured!}

He's on "The Stereotypes" bowling team, and best of all: "I BAZOOM YOU WANT A TABLE?"

Mr. Museum