Asterix: Latin Jokes Explained (andrewgirardin.com)

More geekery. I tripped across it recently while trying to update a site I own.

I'm impressed: it reveals how talented the French-English translator of Astérix is.

After reading the first paragraph of the first description, I couldn't think of anything more perfect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDgq-K2oYLo

Translation is probably one of the harder jobs out there. That and some humor doesn't really cross cultures, even without language barriers.