We all know that Joyce went out of his way to make obscure puns and sayings.
anyway, I came a cross this sentence once, and never remember hearing a good explanation of it:
“Jenghis is ghoon for you”
Any takers?
http://www.theoldenglishpub.ca/beerlogos/guiness_is_good.jpg
http://www.lepeintrewalje.be/Dessins/DESSINS%201997/Guiness%20is%20good%20for%20you%20!.jpg
I can’t claim to ‘get’ James Joyce, but with the above poster’s help, I found this, which seems to be of help:
http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v11_1/main/essays.php?essay=dannen
Right, it’s a pun on “Guiness is good for you” with the replacement of Jenghis Khan being a goon.