Weekly Prompts: The One Day Prompt
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Getting Lost along the Way
has never happened to any hasher ever. HA!
To be clear, I’m talking about hashers who run (or walk), members of the Hash House Harriers. Although we drudge through weeds, it’s got nothing to do with weed.
A Blast Will Do that!
The “Blasted Tower” of the Heidelberg Castle was blown up during the War of the Palatinate Succession at the end of the 17th century. Its walls are up to 6.50 metres thick. Like most of the castle it was built of
red sandstone. When the French troops blasted the tower it was partially destroyed, a huge chunk lies still today next to it and the innards are exposed.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Broken
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Who’s Watching?
„Nicht einmal der Teufel kann so scharfe Augen haben wie Nachbarn.”
“Not even the devil can have eyes as sharp as those of neighbours.”
Heinrich Böll, Ansichten eines Clowns
A Light on the Mountain
When I looked at older Weekly Prompts I was delighted to see the name of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. He is definitely the master of aphorisms and I love paging through his collected “thought snippets” as he liked to call them.
It’s an added bonus that Lichtenberg comes from our area. He was born in Ober-Ramstadt in 1742, in the Odenwald near Darmstadt. The school our sons attended for a few years was named after him.
He had this to say about birds (or was it humans?):
“Die buntesten Vögel singen am schlechtesten. Das gilt auch bei den Menschen.”
I couldn’t find a translation into English, so here is my attempt:
“The most colourful birds are the worst singers. That also holds true for humans.”
What Did Bob Wish When the Fox Told Him to Duck?
German car number plates work like this:
- the first letters (1-3) denote the area (B = Berlin, M = Munich, RÜD = Rüdesheim, i.e. the less letters the bigger the town)
- the next one or two letters are random
- as are the numbers at the back (four maximum)
You used to take what you got but these days you can choose the middle letters and numbers. Lots of people drive around with their initials and their birthdates or -years.
But it’s much more fun if the plates make words. Sometimes German words but English is popular because the words are often shorter. Or people might not realise that they drive around with an expletive in a foreign language (particularly people in Fulda or Dieburg).
I like to collect photos of license plate words (sometimes with wonky spelling).
And with a bit of luck, they even make a story.
I’m ready to duck.
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