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Re: Dagwood

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From: Ryoichi Ito
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <479u80$pof@t-server.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ito@photonics.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp says...
>
>教えてください.
>古い漫画ブロンディの一つ,次のjokeがわかりません.
>Dagwood Bumstead と娘,息子との会話.
>Dagwood: That's Sanford Bumstead, The truck driver. One time he crossed 
>the country just two days.
>Son: Aw, Come on, Dad.
>Daughter: How could he have possibly done that?
>Dagwood: Easy. He made all the lights.

alt.comics.classicにも出したところ,米国の5人の方からご教示いただきました.
いずれも同趣旨で,"Making the lights means that the lights turn green as you approach them, so 
you never have to wait for a red light."と言う意味だそうです.
ところで,現在では信号のない高速道路で突っ走れますから,平均時速100キロで走り続ければ大陸
4800キロを二日で横断できるので,これはジョークにならないかもしれません.
とにかく,このたぐいの,生活・文化に直結した表現は外国人には難しいですね.

伊藤 良一 (東京大学)
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Date: 1995/11/07
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