Comments on: Food for thought

By: BKO

BKO — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:35:43 +0000

Zehr Gut!

Just a little update on the cherry situation. I waited a little too long to find something to do with that bag of cherries — they were moldy by the time I got around to anything — but luckily they’re…

By: bhikku

bhikku — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:40:05 +0000

‘Waiter, do you do lobsters?’

‘Yes Sir, if you’d like to step into the kitchen…’

I’d subscribe to Wiener magazine *because* I could imagine the mail carrier’s face.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 01:33:05 +0000

I didn’t understand the Blogshares thing either. Hmmm yet another perplexing thought to figure out.

By: Zizka

Zizka — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 09:20:04 +0000

During the France-bashing period of the Iraq war, when I could still stand to write about American politics, I covered this (a bit more is at my URL):

“In a related story, German Chancellor Schroeder said that the name of the city of Hamburg would be changed to “Freiheit”. For far too long, said Schroeder, have Americans been insulting Germany by eating “die Hamburgerinnen”. He also stated his intention of renaming the city of Frankfurt, but said that Austria would have to take care of the “Wieners” (as they call themselves) in Vienna.

By: Eeksy-Peeksy

Eeksy-Peeksy — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:01:59 +0000

“What is with Blogshares anyway? My portfolio is over $12 million now. What does one do with it at this juncture? What’s the point?”

There’s no point that I know of. Something like GNE. Then again, maybe it’s a self-organizing directory of blogs. I don’t know if it’s efficient, but it categorizes and ranks lots of blogs. In any case, you’re doing well if you’ve got $12 million.

By: joeri

joeri — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 13:25:54 +0000

I remember a headline in our newspaper a couple of years ago that read: “Thousands of Hamburgers go to vote”.

By: Scotty The Body

Scotty The Body — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:14:52 +0000

When I was a Wiener, I remember a sign displayed on Kaertnerstrasse that said:

1/2 Hummer
240 ATS

Since Hummer is slang for fellatio, I often found myself wondering, why would somebody pay that much for half of one.

I only later learned it was the word for “Lobster.”

By: kim

kim — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 19:24:40 +0000

I had muesli for breakfast too (funny, I didn’t realize it was an english word, I thought it was a french word for something I didn’t know in english), but mine has chocolate chips in it too, because everything is better with chocolate chip.

I was thinking about how great it would be to make a kiwi pie the other day. I think we are housesitting David’s parents’ house Monday through Wednesday next week, so maybe I’ll give it a shot.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:46:07 +0000

I have a whole big bag of cherries in my fridge and have been looking for a pie recipe that uses fresh ones instead of the canned stuff. Got a recipe for that there “Kirschkuchen”, ya big Wiener?