Comments on: >>Crushing

By: Kitty

Kitty — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:47:02 +0000

Actually, while not national law, many leases in Germany DO mandate a quiet hour in the afternoon, usually from 1PM to 3PM.
If it’s a sunday or one of our many delightful public holidays, you have to keep quiet all day. And of course between 10PM and 6AM.

That said, freaks are everywhere. It sucks that you guys had horrible neighbours, but in my grand total of 25 years of not only living in Germany but (*gasp*) actually being German, I never had problems with anyone. And I sure dared to vacuum after 1pm or take a shower at 11pm.

Oh and goodness, Pat, you’re a jerk! It annoys you that people want to practice their English? Those bastards! How dare they be delighted by a new (to them) language and try to accomodate you (even if you don’t need it). And how dare they not have perfect grammar?

I shall go back now to my mandatory beer, which all Bavarians are required to drink at least twice a day…

By: Paige’s example of Rhetorical Situation Myth « English 276: Introduction to Rhetoric

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:38:12 +0000

[...] rhetorical situations in terms of the Bitzer-Vatz debate. For example, in this little note (http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/07/crushing/ ) to a neighbor complaining about the way he/she closes the door, I am sure the author may have [...]

By: mystic_eye

mystic_eye — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:11:50 +0000

Well the note wasn’t written by an American, it uses the “international” spelling of the word neighbour.

By: YG

YG — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:33:52 +0000

I’m an expat living in Germany, and it’s true…if a German had a problem with something you were doing, they’d come over and say it to your face. They’re very direct people. I don’t get the whole note thing.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:42:22 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that “Gigglebrax” is not yet included in The American Heritage Dictionary, otherwise you’d know what it means.

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:40:18 +0000

@anglophile — How is asking people not to SLAM THE DOOR unreasonable? Seriously, it’s easy to close a door softly, with little noise… it just takes a little effort.

By: joebob

joebob — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:20:58 +0000

A common misconception is that none must always be treated as singular. The customary support for this view is that none necessarily means “not one” (implying singularity); in fact, “none” is just as likely to imply “not any” (implying plurality). As noted in The American Heritage Dictionary: “the word has been used as both a singular and a plural noun from Olde English onward.”

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:09:40 +0000

That’s an excellent idea. I probably won’t be able to get him to stop slamming the door no matter what I do, but at least I can have a good time.

THX and Greetz.

By: Ed Depaine

Ed Depaine — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:37:03 +0000

Roses are red Violets are blue In Soviet Russia, poem write you.

By: Scribbles the Monkey

Scribbles the Monkey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:59:00 +0000

You and I both, Ratnuts.

By: Scribbles the Monkey

Scribbles the Monkey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:56:32 +0000

More classics by the same comedian: “In America, you watch television. In Soviet Russia, television watches you!”

And “In America, you assassinate President. In Soviet Russia, President assassinates you!”

By: Scribbles the Monkey

Scribbles the Monkey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:45:50 +0000

This, from a guy who, like all Germans, keeps his family locked in the basement for sex!

By: bored @work

bored @work — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:40:15 +0000

I love feesh with my greetz!

By: People are funny

People are funny — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:25:24 +0000

When you live in an apartment, you will always have someone who complains. I had loud neighbors – but generally could stand it. I mean, it was an apartment; you will hear other people living.

What used to make me insane though was my neighbor’s Karaoke machine. That went beyond what I could easily endure. Drunken Barry Manilo karaoke songs at 3:00 a.m. got them a broom banging on the wall.