What else could he be up to but some monkeyshines when escaping?
And here are the places that would love to accommodate him: The Blue Monkey in Bensheim, Monkey’s at Bostalsee, and a real shiny monkey, the Brass Monkey in Heidelberg.
Where would you like to get up to some high jinx?
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Monkeyshines
This graffiti wall in the middle of a meadow with an undecipherable word and an almost Sherlock Holmes like character in the middle (notice the cap!) is the closest I could come to a visual representation of bargleflooping. The opposite of bargleflooping might be babel fishing (babel fish = the universal translator) which is a life form not an AI.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bargleflooping
Not so much a movie (although two movies exist with that title) but a character. Mephiso is of course, the devil in Faust I + II, the drama written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, generally considered the German play per se. I read it first at school (and loved it); I listened to the most famous production with Gustav Gründgens as Mephisto on lp so often that I know long stretches by heart; I used parts for auditioning pieces; I designed a stage for it – in other words, Faust and Mephisto have been with me for a long time.
There is a movie called Méphisto from 1931 with Jean Gabin, and Mephisto with Klaus Maria Brandauer, which won the 1982 Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
The above cinema in Ulm was named after the character.
or are they really small?
Nudibums on the beach
Photographer on the block
Nudibum on the bottle
Actually our German social running groups organise a national meeting (called a Nash Hash) every year. Since there are 10 chapters in Germany which share the organising. Some are so small that they can’t manage the task. And then there was a break between 2018 and 2221 (I wonder why, I blocked out that time). But after nine years it’s upon us again. This was in 2014 in Rüdesheim. And you guessed it, next weekend it’s our turn again. This time there will be 270 hashers attending the GNH. The participants are limited by the size of the venue, more often than not a youth hostel.
So if you have been wondering seeing my photos over the past few weeks: this community has been on my mind more than usual.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Community
This mural was created by a school class with many refugee students (hence the German is not perfect).
On this part the children wrote their wishes:
“Children should not fight in wars but go to school.” “I don’t like it when children are fighting amongst each other.” “All children should have a home.” “For me it’s most important to play with friends.” ” I wish for all children to be protected.”
at least that’s what it says on the brooch. It is a memento from the 2012 Wurstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim, the largest wine festival in the world (sort of like a huge Oktoberfest with wine instead of beer). The little replica glass is called a Dubbeglas which is typical for the Palatium. They drink their wine in half litre glasses that have grooves so they don’t slip through their fingers when they eat something fatty at the same time.
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