Wurstküche is the final word in the Understanding German series. Actually my wife pointed this one out to me and in my mind I am positive I am pronouncing it wrong.
If you missed any of the other words in the series they were: Shmuck, Rathaus, and of course Ausfahrt.
I hope you learned something. Now we need a German cartoonist to do a similar series on American words that just don’t translate well.
We continue our “Understanding German Cartoon Series” with the German word “Rathaus” (see Ausfahrt in case you missed that one). In every small town this word is prevalent on signs and a central building. It simply means “Town Hall” or “City Hall”. But for those of us in the States who deal with a bunch of political rats in power, it can take on a whole new meaning.
Stay tuned…more to come later this week.
Having never been exposed to much German except for a few bars of Wayne Newton’s Danke Schoen (thanks Ferris Bueller – you are a righteous dude), I was pleasantly surprised at all the words I found funny traveling the last few weeks in Europe. So today I give you the first German word that might need translation for those of us not so up on our Germanic languages.
Those damn confusing Middle French words will screw you up every single time.
Looks like singer Ariana Grande is going have a specialty doughnut named after her. It is “dripping” with goodness. The “most moist donut” you can find. OK kidding aside, Ariana made news this week having been caught with her boyfriend licking donuts in a store. See the details and the video at TMZ.
Seems she went further stating “I hate Americans. I hate America.” That got the net in an uproar. Her spot at the All-Star Concert in Cincinnati was given to Demi Lovato (Grande claims last minute oral surgery was to blame). Now to her credit, I believe Grande when she explained that she was talking about our obsession with food was where her comment was emanating from. Yet she never did say anything about french kissing the French Cruller.
(I think I need to open up a Doughnut shop called DEEZ (do)NUTs!)
You are what you eat. Ever said that line to someone trying to be funny. Well, true story, this what the response I got recently. I was at a client and brought in some AIRHEADS (Taffy Candy for those not familiar). Gave one to a woman I barely knew and pretty much the exchange in the cartoon is exactly what happened. Left me so flabbergasted I was left speechless (very rare) and just had to laugh and walk away. Someone else claimed she was hitting on me but I think she was just trying to prove that she was a bigger smart ass than I am.
Every been in a situation where you have been one upped?
Can you hear me now? Not only is that an old Verizon slogan, but it seems to be a recurring issue with me. You see I don’t pay attention to something many times until it is important to me. And it doesn’t mean what you have to say isn’t important, but when it is task related, I tend to tune out until I need to accomplish the task.
For example, if you said “Hey could you send me Bob’s address when you get home”, I will say “send me an email/text” because I know that even though it is important to you, my brain is constantly moving so I will most likely forget. This infuriates my wife, who will tell me multiple times what she needs at the grocery store, but unless I am there and talking to her on the phone or she tells me right before I leave, I will most likely forget because I didn’t expend the energy to put it into my long term memory. She now knows to just give me a written list. Now if I could only find that damn list.
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Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
New Google Plus Followers ($1 each)
Today’s fun fact is courtesy of May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Other than humans, pigs are the only animals that can get sunburned. OK, astute readers will point out the fallacy of that as their folliclly challenged dogs or cats can get burned but this makes for a funnier “fact”. I know many of you like your bacon fried but don’t fry your own bacon. Use sunscreen. Find at more ways to prevent skin cancer this month at Cancer.org.
You all know by my announcement last week that I will match donations up to $500 to Crayons 2 Computers by simply making your donation in honor of Bearman Cartoons on the donation page. Well someone has stepped up to match donations made this month to the Brandon C. Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. So if you donate this month to the Foundation, send an email to bcd.headneckcafdn@gmail.com saying it is in honor of the Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge and your donation will be matched!! COOL!!
I am always humbled by the response to the charity challenge so thanks to all of you for your efforts in spreading the word about these great organizations.
Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
Blog about the Challenge ($5 each):
New Google Plus Followers ($1 each)
Let me know if I missed anyone.
Shopping at Target the other day got ugly as hoards of women vied for pattern print designs from Lilly Pulitzer. Both online and in-store, the line which was expected to sell out in weeks, instead sold out in hours. Face it, a brand that typically sells for $200 an item is going for $40 and it is no wonder there was a rush to the store.
Now I am not a fashionista (but my wife is and she agrees with me), but unless you are planning on spending time in Hawaii, in a beach town, or at the “club”, my opinion is this is not at all an attractive look. Others tend to agree with my opinion saying things like:
Don’t get me wrong, there are a few items I have seen that aren’t bad but as a whole I would return anything my wife bought from that brand (not that she would). But if it were a choice between flowery Lilly Pulitzer and flowery quilty Vera Bradley, it would be Lilly all the way.
The Ohio Tourism Board has a new campaign to attract visitors from California. RAIN and WATER. Ok not really but they probably should.
How many of you plan a vacation and say “Hey let’s go to OHIO!!” Probably not many unless you are coming for a specific event or maybe a regional trip to Kings Island or Cedar Point. Other than that, Ohio just doesn’t get the respect that other states do when attracting conventions and visitors.
This can all change with the recent news from California, that due to the extended drought conditions, Governor Jerry Brown introduced mandatory water use restrictions. Ohioans complain about the long gray winters and rain filled springs. But I think we need to make that our advantage. Sure there is flooding today but that means more fresh water for all you Californians to consume.
So come to Ohio!
