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Colloquial

Tobias — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:10:06 +0000

Today the German minister of defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg gave a statement concerning the recent combats involving German soldiers in Afghanistan:

Auch wenn es nicht jedem gefällt, so kann man angesichts dessen, was sich in Afghanistan, in Teilen Afghanistans abspielt, durchaus umgangssprachlich – ich betone umgangssprachlich – in Afghanistan von Krieg reden, meine Damen und Herren.

[Though it might not appeal to everyone, you can speak about war in Afghanistan colloquially – I'm stressing colloquially – given what is happening in Afghanistan, in parts of Afghanistan, ladies and gentlemen.]

In this statement he is also speaking about soldiers being “killed in action” – a term that has been avoided thoroughly by German officials earlier. CtV and I were wondering if maybe this can be attributed to the fact that simply everyone being capable to write a good-ole meaningless statement is on vacation right now. So we came up with some alternatives for future situations like this. Instead of calling them “killed in action” you might better use these terms:

unintentionally faded
casualty as a consequence of external influence
due to unsufficient reflexes Darwinisticly rejected

Web 3.0

Tobias — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:55:10 +0000

Just to make a note of it: 8 minutes ago as invented web 3.0. Offers are welcome with immediate effect.

Miniature Bunny

Tobias — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:47:54 +0000

The meat of instant spaghettis looks like dry fodder for miniature bunnies.

Extreme Ticket Hoarding

Tobias — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:49:35 +0000

The new trend sport: hoarding of free CeBIT tickets

Today I got my fourth. Because I’m gonna be out on business at this year’s CeBIT weekend, that are even more day tickets than I could use theoratically.

Don’t play with your food!

Tobias — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:56:27 +0000

On Sunday I tried to find out in a self-experiment whether Coca-Cola is edible without any risk to your health two years after its expiration date.

It is obviously, because I still feel well. The pink elephant in the corridor is fine too. The stuff even tastes unchanged. Does anybody need a promotion code of the FIFA WM 2006 Coca-Cola lottery?

Calligraphy Signature

Tobias — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:22:39 +0000

Just a minute ago DPD rang at the door to deliver a package. I had to sign for it and the guy told me to do it legible. Now that’s interesting. How should I sign something with my own signature trying to make it as legible as possible at the same time? Couldn’t everybody do that?