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Homer Becomes Omar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-i-never-thought-of dept.

geekster writes "With Omar as Homer, and Badr substituted for Bart, The Simpsons is now playing on Arab television. But in order not to risk offending an Arab audience, the characters in Al Shamshoon, as the show is now called, have modified some of their most distinguishable traits." And you thought internationalization was hard for software!

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  1. D'oh by Misanthrope · · Score: 5, Funny

    D'oh has now been changed to lâ ilâha illâ allâh

    1. Re:D'oh by Mr.+Marabou+Man · · Score: 5, Funny

      Al-Flanders: Salam A liddly diddly leikum neighbor !
      Omar: lâ ilâha illâ allâh !

       Definitely. This is so going to be a hit.

  2. nuclear heathens by LittleGuernica · · Score: 5, Funny

    The also must be asking what evil people use nuclear power instead of that delicious arab oil! Is the nuclear power plant digitally edited into a oil refinery?

  3. In the first episode by Bullfish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lisa is stoned to death when Badr steals her burka while playing in a park and Omar is pummeled when he is found with contraband spare ribs and a copy of Maxim

  4. Re:Can they handle it? by Divide+By+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    some sort of cookie instead of a donut

    For the record, it's a kahk.

    He's a kahk-gobbler.

    Omar al-Shamshoon loves the kahk.

    --
    Dare to Hope. Prepare to be Disappointed.
  5. I can hear it now... by St.+Vitus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Don't have a camel, man!"