Ready Kafka??

jimmie.james · Jul 14, 2005, 03:30 AM

long time fan of SpaceBalls. However, I never understood this joke before the spaceballs ship turns into a maid dark helmet says : "ready kafka"

any1 knows what does it mean?

Thanks

narobi foss · Jul 14, 2005, 04:06 PM

a reference to a short story called Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, which tells of a man who awakes one day to find he has transformed into an insect.

Iwata · Jul 14, 2005, 04:22 PM

Good story, too.

Seraph · Sep 17, 2005, 04:39 PM

Never caught that when I watched it and seem to have lost my copy now

Lt_Johnny_Rico · Aug 18, 2007, 11:15 PM

I definitely did not get that joke when I first saw the movie. It wasn't until 8 years later, when I was in my last year in high school and read "The Metamorphosis," that I understood it. I love literary references. If you understand them, they can be hilarious.

Jul 14, 2005, 03:30 AM	#1
jimmie.james Apprentice 1 flights since Jul 2005	Ready Kafka?? long time fan of SpaceBalls. However, I never understood this joke before the spaceballs ship turns into a maid dark helmet says : "ready kafka" any1 knows what does it mean? Thanks

Jul 14, 2005, 04:06 PM	#2
narobi foss Starfighter 73 flights since May 2004 Location: birth canal	Re: Ready Kafka?? a reference to a short story called Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, which tells of a man who awakes one day to find he has transformed into an insect.

Jul 14, 2005, 04:22 PM	#3
Iwata Autarch 2,558 flights since Aug 2001 Location: Helghan	Re: Ready Kafka?? Good story, too.

Sep 17, 2005, 04:39 PM	#4
Seraph .... 2,121 flights since Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere between Lucifer and Limbo	Re: Ready Kafka?? Never caught that when I watched it and seem to have lost my copy now

Aug 18, 2007, 11:15 PM	#5
Lt_Johnny_Rico Registered User 380 flights since Aug 2002	Re: Ready Kafka?? I definitely did not get that joke when I first saw the movie. It wasn't until 8 years later, when I was in my last year in high school and read "The Metamorphosis," that I understood it. I love literary references. If you understand them, they can be hilarious.

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