Entries Tagged as 'german'

perverse and often baffling

May 6th, 2008 · 118 Comments

you decide! which clip art catastrophe raises the most new and troubling questions in your mind?
is it exhibit a, from new york’s west village?

(think about the designer’s thought process here for a moment. why the sunglasses? and not just any shades…but electric blue sunglasses? ditto, the sunflower.)
exhibit b, from a casino in cambodia?

(does no crossed [...]

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Tags: berlin · cambodia · clip art catastrophe · deutsche · dogs · german · new york · you be the judge

the holy see of the w.c.

January 6th, 2008 · 93 Comments

octavio in munich says that his landlord (who shares the same apartment) is a regular high priest of paternalistic little notes — the entire flat is covered with them. on the bathroom wall, for example, this glorious collage is what stares back at those seated on the throne. (altogether now: “holy shiße!”)

going OUT?…
must turn the [...]

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Tags: bathroom · deutsche · german · lighting · munich · toilet · turning on/off

danke [for the sarcasm]!!!

June 4th, 2007 · 42 Comments

tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in kiel, germany:

tim’s rough translation:
THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
i was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]
[hand written at the bottom] many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2

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Tags: deutsche · exclamation-point happy! · german · neighbors