They chase little children away and take over the playgrounds. Are they having fun? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Play
Tag: Autokennzeichen
A Tale Full of Woe
German car number plates consist of one, two, or three letters denoting the region, random one or more often two letters and up to four digits. You had to take the middle letters that luck (and the district office) gave you, nowadays you can pay … Continue reading A Tale Full of Woe
Mini Stampede
I’m glad I was out of the way when these cows decided to rush down the meadow.
Where Are They off to?
Once more my penchant for collecting car license plates helps me with a prompt.
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Wacky Is as Whacky Does
Stay away from this driver – not only does he have a wacky car plate (not his fault, he just happens to live in the WArthburg Kreis) but the line below it says: “Car Cosmetics – bungling doesn’t have to be expensive”.
This cut-out (just stick your head through) resulted in seriously (!) whacky pictures.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wacky
German Yammering
There are lots of synonyms and near synonyms of “to yammer”. One of them is “to nag”. The same in German, many of them wonderfully onomatopoeic: jammern, wimmern, motzen, (weh)klagen.
German car number plates from Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern come in handy for an illustration.
Life Is Hard, Gras is Boring
Sometimes not even the best design can help with the dull impression you make on others.
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