lucius septimius 5/24/2020 8:07:19 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 8:10:04 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

Ethnic cleansing?

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 8:51:30 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

Given that the bathrooms look like Chechnya, definitely.

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 8:56:24 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: Ethnic cleansing?

From some comedy bit years ago-

The laundry detergent, Apart-TIDE - automatically separates the whites and the coloreds.

(I think Tide forced them to stop playing the bit)

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 8:56:59 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: Given that the bathrooms look like Chechnya, definitely.

Or Shitcanitsan?

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 8:58:25 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

All those countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Ichcannitverstan, I just don't understand them.

(Let's see who gets the bilingual pun)

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 9:07:21 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:

I'd bet money on Lucius, though I got it too.

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 9:07:39 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:

Ich versteyn!

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 9:09:05 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

Reply to lucius septimius in 8:

This is one of the few places it is worth posting that, as I figured both of you and some others would get it. 

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 9:10:35 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 9:34:12 AM

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The Chinese had Tiananman Square.

In America, the barbershops, tanning salons, restaurants and other small businesses fighting to re-open have Tanning-Bed Square.

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 9:34:24 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 10:

++++++

doppelganglander 5/24/2020 10:13:56 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 9: 

Sorry, I only get puns in Romance languages. 

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 10:41:54 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 13:

Semper ubi sub ubi?

doppelganglander 5/24/2020 11:19:16 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 14:

That's what my mom always told me, in case I was in an accident. Now are you going to translate the German joke or  not?

doppelganglander 5/24/2020 11:31:38 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 15: 

Or is it Yiddish? I'm too lazy to look it up.

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 11:41:33 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 15:

Ichcannichtverstan - Ich kan nicht vershteyn - I cannot understand.

Works in both German and Yiddish.

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 11:43:22 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 17: 

Actually, I think the German spelling is vershtehen. Many many years ago,  high school German.

But I know a little German (video)

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 11:48:11 AM

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In #17 Kosh's Shadow said: Works in both German and Yiddish.

Speaking of which, "Cronkite"---as in "Walter"---is an Anglicized spelling of "Krankheit," which means "sickness" in both German and Yiddish.

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 11:54:04 AM

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In #19 buzzsawmonkey said: Speaking of which, "Cronkite"---as in "Walter"---is an Anglicized spelling of "Krankheit," which means "sickness" in both German and Yiddish.

I knew that. Somewhere, I have a 45 that is a comedy about campaign and election coverage, and one of the reporters is Walter Sickness. Another is Edward R. Tomorrow. Can't think of any others at the moment.

The record refers to the convention of 1956, so it is old. In it, they have a computer prediction, from a Looneyvac "electronic brain". Its prediction, however is a college football sore (Notre Dame 52; Slippery Rock Teachers, nothing)

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 12:01:14 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Verstehen.

One of my professors in grad school was named "Unfug," which means "nonsense."  Several people suggested that it hindered his career.

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 12:07:39 PM

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In #21 lucius septimius said: Verstehen.

You can stay if you want to, but <i>we're</i> going!

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 12:12:35 PM

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Thinking about High School German, it was a different day.

There was a class trip to Germany (that I did not go on, fyi), and the teacher told in advance the necessary German for the trip: "Ein bier, bitte" (One beer, please)

Yes, they did drink beer on the trip, with full knowledge of the teachers. They could not get away with that now.

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2020 12:19:20 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 23:

Wouldn't the German Club have to study up on Arabic short phrases to go on such a trip today?

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 12:32:42 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 23:

I did two trips to Europe in high school.  The first was Germany and Austria -- drank a great deal of wine on that trip.

The next year was Switzerland - Germany - Paris.  It was a prolonged drunk.  And no, I don't think teachers would get away with that now.  

lucius septimius 5/24/2020 12:33:52 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 24:

I've run into very Arabic speakers in my travels there.  Turks, yes, but all of them speak German.  

doppelganglander 5/24/2020 1:07:22 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 17:

Thank you!

doppelganglander 5/24/2020 1:11:31 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 23:

On my senior trip to Québec, we drank with the teachers. The best was the time I was the only student and they forgot I was there. I learned all kinds if gossip about my classmates and other teachers.

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2020 1:30:06 PM

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In #24 buzzsawmonkey said: Wouldn't the German Club have to study up on Arabic short phrases to go on such a trip today?

At least learn how to say "I am not a Jew". And learn that in German, too.