Tap wars

It’s nearly a week now since Birgit and I had our little international altercation on the merits of Teutonic versus Anglo-Saxon plumbing.
Of course in the meantime we’ve talked about some of Birgit’s other favourite topics. Like how the British are entirely responsible for global warming, world poverty and losing socks in the washing machine. How [...]

Plumbing the depths in Germany

My German collegue Birgit and I have argued over many things over the years. Birgit - for those who haven’t read Planet Germany - is the one who thinks that all things English are inferior and the British are dysfunctional and poorly nourished. And she should know - she’s married to an Englishman.
Things we have [...]