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Khana ([personal profile] khana) wrote2011-07-05 09:19 pm
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help me, flist!!

so, i'm in the process of subbing Ijon Tichy.

and i'm totally stumped by this:

"Sie sind Säuger, stimmts?"
"Ja, bin ich."
"Also schön, auf gutes Saugen."


first, tichy identifies himself s a mammal on a foreign planet.
and then, the customs officer wishes him "happy sucking". which makes sense and is funny because mammal is something like "sucker" in german.

so, i need some kind of play on "mammal".

any ideas?
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[personal profile] lian 2011-07-05 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Mammal -> wouldn't sucking/suckling (suckle -> an der Brust ausgen, afaik) still work, or, breast feeding? "happy breastfeeding"? hm no, that doesn't sound right XD

or drinking milk? as in, "well then, enjoy your milk"?