Meet the McBurgerQueen Burger.
March 13, 2009
Songs without words…
… at least that was probably what the bookbinder thought he was writing….though his typo is amusingly appropriate if you ask me!
At least the printer got it right on the inside though.
March 9, 2009
The lumberjack song in German
It’s a classic… but did you know they made a German version too?
March 8, 2009
Spring flowers
This year the crocuses in my garden are beautiful. I thought I’d share a few pictures…
March 6, 2009
Alaaf and Helau
Following on from the knobbly stick, here’s a story about a knobbly broomstick.
All you need to know to understand the film is:
1. Köln and Düsseldorf are rival cities
2. At Karneval time, people from Köln greet each other with “Alaaf!” and Düsseldorfers greet each other with “Helau!”
3. This clip was created by a Kölner
4. In the clip, a new piece of voice-activated street-sweeping equipment is being tested. To operate… just say “Alaaf!”
Enjoy!
March 4, 2009
The correct use of the knobbly stick
One of the key tools of parenting as you get older is the knobbly stick.
A knobbly stick is the thing that old fogies wave at young whippersnappers in order to make their point. Of course, you have to learn it from somewhere… so yesterday we had a knobbly stick technique course over the dinner table.
Here we see our older daughter practising her technique. This is the “air jab”… to accompany phrases like: “Young people nowadays don’t know how to behave…” or “When I was your age…”
Here we see the defensive gesture. This one goes with phrases such as: “Stay away from my rhubarb plot,” or “I’ll have your guts for garters!”
And here we see the parental maestro himself demonstrating the “attacking jab” which usually goes with an accusation. “You’ve not done the washing up for three days in a row, lad. You want to buck your ideas up.”
I hope you’re all practising at home!
March 1, 2009
The best German fairy tales
The best German fairy tales are not always the version we thought we knew….
February 26, 2009
Springtime in Germany
It feels like Winter is dragging on… so I wandered out into the garden this morning to look for signs of Spring. Here’s what I found.
