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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:

Who is without sin…

2007-09-22

…should reach 0 € with the “Sin Calculator” (German only) and may cast the first stone:

stone-throwing smilies

Or (s)he’s, like me, an atheist – thank God¹ – and doesn’t care about the (of course not quite seriously) calculated sum like e.g. my 707,44 €. But I won’t be able to keep up with Conny, where I found this, anyway. :mrgreen:

¹ from a quote from Bernardo Bertolucci (according to today’s Donaukurier), Luis Buñuel (according to Wikiquote) or whoever else

On September 21…

2007-09-21

The invisible man visits the Hobbit in the dark tower, and Galileo has, until its end, cost (converted) many pound sterling…

(This time – kind of continued from August 13 – one sentence combines two dates of birth of authors (1866, 1947), represented by famous works, a book being published (1937), the end of a space mission (2003) and an event in economic history (1931). :) )