Tag: #Friday Fun

rise and look around you

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2014 clarity a

2014 clarity b

We can still walk if not in groups and the weather these past days has been glorious.  So much so that it is starting to freak me out a little; almost too good to be true.

The title is from this song:

On a clear day
Rise and look around you
And you’ll see who you are.
On a clear day
How it will astound you
That the glow of your being outshines ev’ry star.

You’ll feel part of ev’ry mountain sea and shore.
You can hear, from far and near,
A world you’ve never heard before.
And on a clear day…
On that clear day…
You can see forever and ever more!

Here is a link to the Barbra Streisand version.

For more Friday Fun: Clarity click here.

Why I don’t panic buy

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In German, hoarding is called “hamstering” and going out buying stuff in much larger quantities than what you need is called making a “Hamsterkauf”, literally buying “like a hamster” or “buying a hamster”.  I totally abhor this behaviour and will have none of it. I rather buy guinea pigs. 

2012 joke a

This photo shows why – they have much more meat on them:

2012 joke b

Linked to Friday Fun: Comic Relief.

Boys we almost stand in fear of

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The epitome of naughtiness are these two rascals, called Max and Moritz.

Max und Moritz Wilhelm Busch

The poet and illustrator Wilhelm Busch brought their story to paper with his characteristic drawings and accompanying rhymed couplets.  To this day their mischievous pranks delight children and adults alike.  Many Germans can quote part of the story.

It is undisputed that Busch was a direct ancestor of all comic books.  Max und Moritz inspired the cartoon strip Katzenjammer Kids in the US and from there his influence spread.

Max und Moritz Apotheke

Many shops and restaurants are named after them.  Here it is a pharmacy.

Max und Moritz erster Streich

And here a restaurant which is fitting because their first prank involved first killing and then stealing and eating the chicken of a widow.

2011 naughty a

However, chips weren’t invented yet in 1860 when Busch wrote and illustrated the story.

Linked to Friday Fun: naughty.