
“Until the road worthy authorities do us divorce!”
I saw the sign on a 2CV a beloved French vintage car in Germany.

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The small winegrower village of Mußbach in the Palatinate has a Weinlage (smaller than a wine appellation but consisting of a number of vineyards) called “Eselshaut” (skin of an ass). The name is supposed to relate to the grass growing around the vines and which was harvested to feed the donkeys.

Images of donkeys abound all over the town in crests and emblems and sculptures. I found this red one particularly asinine … fetching.

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Germans used to be quite Francophile but these days English rules. So petillant water is marketed as “medium”, as opposed to “classic” (i.e. highly effervescent).
Petillant water is moderately sparkling water. Lots of people like it. To me it could be labelled “used to be sparkling, now just stale”.
For FOWC with Fandango: Moderate and The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Petillant.

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and move from one wallet to somebody else’s wallet, there is often skulduggery involved.

Explanation: “Toads” is a slangword for money in German. And this banking institute being situated in toad street is just … felicitous.
FOWC with Fandango: Skulduggery

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