Why Angry Aubergines?

On Saturday mornings I would follow my mother to the library to get the next instalment of my beloved Adventures of Tintin, and Asterix books.

As an adult, I remember reading once that Captain Haddock's catchphrase Blistering Barnicles (simply a good ol' FFS one teamed with the rolling of eyes), in a fabulous turn of events, a literal translation of Blistering and Barnicles as Angry and Aubergines.
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And the internet even saved my memory from 2005!

Captain Haddock (en.tintin.com)