Editing 414: Mistranslations

{{comic
| number    =414
| date      =April 23, 2008
| title     =Mistranslations
| image     =mistranslations.png
| titletext =Oh, I think this word might mean 'Crisco'!
}}

==Explanation==
The ''{{w|Kama Sutra}}'' is a well-known work on human sexual behavior originally written in the language Sanskrit, in India sometime between 400 BCE and 200 CE. It's not exclusively a "sex manual," as it also contains a guide to virtuous and gracious living, but in the Western world, it's primarily thought of as a manual of exotic sex positions.

Given that the ''Kama Sutra'' was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has ''any'' references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the ''Kama Sutra'' so much that they refuse to change it.

The title text refers to {{w|Crisco}}, a brand of {{w|shortening}} that is used in baking, as well as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in [[330: Indecision]] and later in [[557: Students]].

==Transcript==
:[A bed sits on the ground in the middle of the frame. At the left of the frame, Cueball stands atop a skateboard jump ramp twice his height, one foot on the back of a skateboard poised over the coping. At the bottom of the ramp is a small kicker ramp, which will launch him over the bed. Megan, to the right of the frame, stands on the roof of a house grasping a rope, which is affixed directly over the bed. They are both poised to begin their motion.]
:Our copy of the Kama Sutra has a couple mistranslations.
:Which we refuse to fix.

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