Weird & Wunderbar

Things that make us smile about Germany

That old beach towel cliché revisited:

Have a look at the Carling Black Label ad that started the fun. And a German comedy show pays tribute.

Travel and transport:

• Tom Hanks being very entertaining on the subject of German autobahns, and more.
• A Lufthansa pillow fight. She really doesn’t look like she would.
• Try to keep your finger off the trigger in this overfly of the Bavarian Alps!
• Lovely piece from Top Gear about going round the Nurburgring in a van with the scrumptious Sabine.
• Steam train warns a motorist in the Harz.
• What was he doing in that tunnel?
• On second thoughts, maybe it’s better to travel by train. High wind landings in Dusseldorf in January 2012.
• Apologies for the bad language, but there are some good lines in this Hitler spoof

Things we just like:

• German Coastguard sketch.
• OpaDonerPoodlesBread. Nuff said.
• This guy must have something in his lederhosen. Check out 1 min 28 sec in particular. And if you’d like more of this kind of stuff, check out Germany’s equivalent of Jedward; I reckon the lady on the balcony deserved every pfennig she got for that piece of work.
• Just another bath-time in Berlin.
• German magician Simon Pierro has fun with his iPad. And here too, with a beer theme.
• And who needs beer when there’s sauerkraut juice?

What exactly is going on? Google streetview captured this intriguing scene in Mannheim

And finally, a handful of linguistic curiosities

• Die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln – “The most stupid farmers have the biggest potatoes”. (Fortune favours fools.)
• Der Teufel scheißt immer auf den größten Haufen – “The devil is always shitting on the biggest heap”. (Money makes money.)
• Der hat doch den Arsch offen – “He’s got his arse open”. (He’s crazy.)
• Lügen haben kurze Beine – “Lies have short legs”. (Lies soon catch up with you.)
• Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste – “Caution is the mother of the porcelain box”.  (It’s better to be safe than sorry.)
• Da beißt die Maus keinen Faden ab – “There bites the mouse no thread”. (That’s all there is to it.)
• Da liegt der Hund begraben – “This is where the dog is buried”.  (This is the crux of the matter.)
• Er hat nicht alle Tassen im Schrank – “He doesn’t have all his cups in the cupboard”. (He’s nuts.) Thanks to Dorothea Bensen
• NOW TELL US (info@germanyiswunderbar.com) WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE