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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…
Today’s Dadism that relates to cars. Hurray!
Well, sort-of relates to cars.
You see: He looks like he must’ve been chasing parked cars translates to: he ain’t so handsome. Continue Reading… »
A few years ago, I made a year-long comic tribute to those precious sayings that my Dear Old Dad utters on a regular basis.
I drew one “Dadism” per week and e-mailed a scanned image from my home in Munich to his office in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
I’m not sure if he enjoyed the weekly artwork or was tormented by the reminders. Dad claims that many of the sayings “aren’t his fault” and have been handed down through the generations.
We really enjoyed our time in Sydney last year. Our friends were really good to us, they showed us around, fed us well and made us feel welcome.
Except for Koki.
A morbid idea popped into my head while I was chatting with a buddy a few years back on MSN. He was home sick with a stomach flu and evidently could barely move his fingers to type.
It was near Christmas time, and he needed to buy a gift for his friends’ kids, so he was asking me if I knew anything about Pokeman and Pikachu, and that’s when it hit me…
When you first learn the German language, or when you move to Germany or Austria or Switzerland, certain expressions will cause you to pause.
One well-intentioned phrase is sure to make you giggle.
When you are about to embark on a journey, your friendly Austrian or German or Swiss neighbor will wish you “bon voyage”, or “have a nice trip” in their own special way…
Apologies in advance to Charles Schulz and his forever-running classic, Peanuts.
Must have been a rainy day, or a bad trading session on Wall Street, but I couldn’t resist…