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When we were kids, impending sassiness and a sour look on our faces, often brought this Dadism upon us.
“Where’s the Cops” is Dad-speak for “Somebody needs to be arrested for being stupid or dangerous!”
When we behave stupidly, Dad is good at highlighting it with a mild-mannered, non-profane, but well-deserved insult.
“Numbnutz” is often appropriate in times of absent-mindedness, and is one of my favorites.
Back in 2000, I had a new toy. A 1969 Pontiac Firebird convertible.
Of course it had to be featured in that year’s Christmas card!
After spending yet another hour updating, downloading and re-installing stuff on my computer I really needed to get out of the house.
Simple, just put the laptop in stand-by mode, pack up, and leave, right?
Who would have thought this led me to think of Grandma’s wise words?
We’ve got this Gäste-WC (visitor’s restroom) in our apartment that’s just begging to be decorated.
Now, I’m not one to invest any effort in the undertaking, nor (God-forbid) put up dolphins and starfish and leave shells laying around to collect dust!
But you’ve got to love these in-wall toilets they have here in Germany!
That big ol’ flush lever just stares at you, looking so much like a shiny, modern-day, 3D, gummi-bear, jelly-bean, computer-user-interface button!
Just look at all that surface area begging to be decorated!!
The members of Toytown Germany, a website dedicated to the English-speaking, ex-pat population of Germany, started a thread about what the outline of Germany looks like.
I guess after all that (good German) beer they’ve been drinking, they were bound to come up with some creative, free-flowing ideas.
And, needless to say, I couldn’t help myself and got carried away…