Beastly Trios
Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
Getting a Basket
Debbie had an odd square today about what it means if your potential in-laws present you with a pumpkin. It reminded me of an expression we use in Germany: giving someone a basket or, on the receiving end, getting a basket. It’s the equivalent of getting told “Thanks, but no thanks” in the dating world. Usually it’s the man who gets the basket, i.e. he is rejected.
What makes this photo odd? A bright pink shopping basket in the middle of the woods? What’s not odd about it?
Henry, on the other hand, is quite partial to getting a basket even if he has to claim the wastepaper one.
In case you were wondering, it’s called “einen Korb kriegen” in German.
A Few Wise Words
and some not so much.
One of the many very witty and occasionally sharp aphorisms of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, a physicist and satirist who was one of the foremost European thinkers of the 18th century.
This wall stands in the middle of a little square, next to the Lichtenbergstraße in Darmstadt. I don’t know if it was purposely designed to invite others to add their thoughts or if sprayers just gravitate naturally to it. The slogans are mainly political (if crude) and their topicality suggest that the wall is at least occasionally scrubbed. I have no idea where the stag beetle comes in.
Can I Offer You a Piece of Bread?
I didn’t find Margaret’s glove but last time I was in the woods I found something else hanging amongst the twigs. Odd, isn’t it?
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