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Envious World Cup Final

2007-09-30

:applaus: :jubel: :clap:

  • The Brazilians’ envy of the German’s 2:0 victory in the women’s football (soccer) world cup final that has just ended in Shanghai, who could defend their title from 2003 – congratulations!
  • Other goalies’ envy of Nadine Angerer who was able to keep her goal clean throughout the tournament
  • The men’s national team’s envy, maybe, who reached “only” 3rd place last year;
  • The women’s envy, maybe, of the higher audience interest in men’s soccer;
  • And, since “Neid” is the German word for “envy”, of course Silvia Neid, the German coach. :mrgreen:

La ola

Summer is coming!

2007-09-27

As I have just been informed personally through intricate paths, the summer is finally arriving! Late, yes, but maybe it wants to put right what, let’s be honest, wasn’t that great in the past months.

So get ready, fish your bathing suits, T-shirts and shorts out of the back of your closets and rejoice!

:jubel:

Or was that really just a stupid spammer who can’t handle his software and tries to sell his weight loss rubbish with the in the northern hemisphere temporally inappropriate subject “Summer is almost here, be ready!”? No, really? :grin:

I woaß net ois, aber…

2007-09-25

This post is about a German quiz about the Oktoberfest – not much point in translating it, I think…

…diese Auswertung des Spiegel-Online-Quizzes „Oans, zwoa, g’suffa: Woast ois über d’Wiesn?“

Sie haben 8 von 10 Punkten.

Vom Oktoberfest haben Sie schon mal gehört – und sei es im “Tatort”. Sie wissen, was Oachkatzlschwoaf heißt und wie man die Weißwürste richtig zuzlt. Doch waren Sie schon mal dort? Dann können Sie ihr bruchstückhaftes Wissen aufpolieren, ein paar Mass genießen und die Bayern hautnah kennen lernen

…ist irgendwie unpassend, wenn es ausgerechnet die Fragen zum “Tatort” und zu einem Film waren, die ich nicht beantworten konnte (und auch nicht richtig erraten habe, denn wirklich gewusst hab ich manche der anderen 8 auch nicht)…

:prost2:

Und wieviel habt ihr richtig, liebe Leser?

Wiesn without Meadow

2007-09-24

At the biggest volksfest of the world, the Oktoberfest in Munich (official site), not much can be seen of the meadow (German: “Wiese”) of the Theresienwiese, only wide asphaltic paths – which is good, since no-one would like to walk in the mud when it’s raining – and in the areas in between (or rather, only those on the edge), the grass is covered, of course, it’s only peeking out in a few spaces (and, well, some weed is being smoked, I assume).

With great late summer weather :eis: with 26°C (79°F) – it will be over 10°C (18°F) less tomorrow – there were again a lot of people there; of course not as much as on the weekend with 1 million visitors, 500,000 liters of beer and 11 oxen, but it’s said to have been 100,000 this afternoon. Didn’t count them myself, though, and I don’t know how many ghosts have been beaten up today…

:prost2:

I also found a Maßkrug (stein) for 5.50 € – unfortunately, it was empty and only 6 cm high, and not in a marquee but at a souvenir shop. :grin: