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Re:Louvre makes its entire collection available online by andybak on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:22AM (#26602098)
Sorry to ask but can you explain the joke?
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Re:Louvre makes its entire collection available online by nmc on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:31AM (#26602161)
See the first item in this post: https://auntymuriel.com/2012/12/23/asterix-in-translation-th...

Was: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22678816

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Re:Louvre makes its entire collection available online by puddingnomeat on Saturday March 27, 2021 @10:50AM (#26602678)
They're referring to https://auntymuriel.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/medusa.jpg?w...

This is the part where we all laugh and the credits roll out

Someone not knowing the two can't make the connection. Can AI?

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Re:Louvre makes its entire collection available online by pbhjpbhj on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:26AM (#26607935)
Funnily enough, https://americaexplained.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/running-jo..., claims to explain a joke based on the Asterix simulacrum of "Le radeau [...]" but it is an entirely different joke and no mention made of the inspiration for that image. Someone calls the situation out in a comment.

That just tickled me.

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Re:Louvre makes its entire collection available online by microtherion on Sunday March 28, 2021 @08:45AM (#26609867)
Both are true. The pirate ship being sunk is absolutely a running gag in the Asterix series, and in fact I had a vague recollection that the raft scene also appeared more than once, but once I took a closer look, that appeared to be wrong. So, lots of ships of this particular band of pirates being sunk, and once they are posing on this raft in a classical way.
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