Well, the Brits have left my native land for good. The barracks are empty now and they haven't a clue as to what to do with them as the whole plot falls into the possession of the city rather than the state. The Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung started a series called "The Brits and I" in which locals were given a space to share anecdotes with the rest of ( Read more... )

I recently finished Mary Roach's book called "Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife". It presents a cross-section of what people think happens to our soul after death and the various ways people have thought up to prove their theories ( Read more... )

As part of my "new" job, I subscribed to a mag called "Packaging Digest". They send me daily "news" from the packaging world and obviously felt the need to lighten up my day by sending me the following list of surreal warnings found on packaging:

-- Packaging Digest, 9/10/2008 1:28:00 PM

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A friend of mine spotted the following article in the NY Times and I thought I'd share the sense of humour diplayed by The Economist:

Pasties, Pasties Everywhere

What made me smile further was one of the links provided in the article to a website which explains Muphry's Law, a law, which should be included on the list of self-activating ( Read more... )

I do feel completed to admit that I'm an almost convert after yesternight's stunning display by Germany. I belonged to the 'ye of little faith' group of fans who secretly wanted to see Portugal progress simply because they seemed capable of playing a better and superior type of footie.

Well, turns out, they are merely capable but not under ( Read more... )

Teach the Germans how to ransack. German museums, who could easily teach Elgin a trick or two, must have been delighted at the time ( Read more... )

I was rather perplexed and amused to find washing instructions with a sense of humour. I bought a three-pack of t-shirts last week and when I looked at the washing instructions today, I realised that at the bottom of the usual "wash with same colours" and "trumble dry low" the company had decided to print "Or just give it to your Mom". Odd ( Read more... )

Apologies to all those of you who can't read German. I'm not exactly known as someone who likes poems but this is one of the rare occasions when I immediately thought 'Wow' - what a poem. So this entry is largely to fill my very own pensieve.

Beeilt euch, ihr Stunden, die Liebste will ( Read more... )

Well, I was searching for two DVDs which I have misplaced and, as per usual, you find everything but what you're looking for. That's how this weekend of trawling through boxes turned into a trip into the past and history ( Read more... )

I went to Ibiza over the weekend and enjoyed the brief spurt of sun and paella. It was my uncle's 60th birthday and his Spanish wife's nephew knew the owner of a restaurant so the paella was a professional one. Olives until I almost burst and copious amounts of sparkling wine and very good Spanish red finished off a very enjoyable celebration ( Read more... )