I was ROFL when I read this and it is not an April`s fool:
LONDON (AFP) - A holidaymaker was awarded compensation by a court because there were too many German tourists at the hotel he booked in Greece, newspapers reported Saturday.
David Barnish, 47, paid 4,000 pounds (5,100 euros, 8,000 dollars) to take his wife and [...]
Ausnahmsweise kein Beitrag zu Deutschen und Amerikanern, sondern zu Briten und Deutschen und die juristischen Hintergründe des „Handtuchkriegs“ auf Mallorca gefunden in Ralf Höckers Buch „Das Beste aus dem Lexikon der Rechtsirrtümer“ (S. 30 ff.):
Der durchschnittliche Engländer hat bei dem Stichwort „Deutschland und die Deutschen“ drei spontane Assoziationen, die das schlechte Image unseres Landes [...]
Gesine Schwan, a politics professor, has been nominated by the Social Democrats to stand against conservative President Horst Köhler. In a press-conference on Monday she said:
“I see a realistic chance of being elected and I want to appeal for votes from all parties, including the Left Party.”
Including the Left Party! She also stated:
“I want [...]
I do not know what is more entertaining: The Eurovision Song Contest itself or the reactions the day after. As you already know Germany did not do very well, we ended up 23rd. Actually we came in last together with Great Britain and Poland. As in Germany the Eurovision Song Contest is something really [...]
Guess what I am just doing? As a good European. Of course! Watching the Eurovision Song Contest. According to a commentary at Radio Free Europe:
It’s gimmicky, kitsch, with substandard singers performing mindless pop. It’s a refuge for the never-have-beens and never-will-be’s.
But the contest actually says a lot about Europe and Europeans, warts and all. For, [...]
I have just come back from doing my weekly shopping at ALDI. This week was the “American week” so I got Cranberry Juice, Brownies and … well, not much more because it was almost sold out …. no anti-Americanism to be observed here ;-)
But talking about American food a story comes to my mind: [...]
“I waited till 39 to get married because I had to wait that long to find someone where her happiness was more important than mine.”
What a beautiful declaration of love!
It is from Randy Pausch, a very popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a married father of three, 47 years old, suffering from pancreatic [...]
I had a “charming” letter in my mailbox today (posted in Munich!). It shows the swastika on top and the text reads:
“Wir setzen an zur Stürmung der Bollwerke der internationalen jüdischen Lügenbarone!“
“We start storming the bulwarks of the international Jewish liar barons!”
Finally!
Since I started my website five years ago I got mostly left-wing hate mail [...]
Irena Sendler, the Polish woman who organized the rescue of some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis died yesterday at the age of 98. Her name had been put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, but who won instead? Al Gore. A chance missed forever to honour a real hero.
I read about her [...]
If ever I should have been thinking about emigrating to the Mediterranean, I am not any more! The weather is gorgeous here in Germany: Blue skies, sunshine, 25 degrees, a gentle breeze (almost like the Mistral in Provence). A great day to spend outside.
I love global warming ;-)
Talking about climate change: I have just read [...]