Tag Archives: Humor

That map might just quash your travel plans – so focus on fun instead

Germans are usually so logical, it’s hard to believe how that can make such planning....

Think your vacation was spectacular? Don’t make me yawn

Germans take vacations every year without fail. If you need to know something about your....

Canada, oh Canada, what have you done?

Canada and New Zealand have been bastions of rationality until the trucker protests broke out.....

How to beat the virus in 2022

There are more virus variants down the road in 2022. So let's do what Sleeping....

I tried to escape the Oktoberfest. I failed.

Listen to Brenda tell the story For the second time, the Oktoberfest has been canceled....

The library, the monk and the sandals

Listen to Brenda tell the story “Take their books! They’re useless propaganda. Get rid of....

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The 400-year-old Marketing Flop You’ve Never Heard of

Listen to Brenda tell the story They told me in college that marketing was invented....

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Get those escargots out of my lawnmower

French culture impacted many countries' languages and cuisine - and even the front yard.

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Vaccination Fascination

25 July 2021 A strange thing has set upon us. Suddenly, we’re all doctors. Better....

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The Prussian Rock Star in my Wardrobe

18 July 2021 Many people have been using their downtime from the pandemic to tackle....

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Stand down, parler, this word is too good to debauch

Language is constantly in flux. Words come, words go, and sometimes their meaning changes altogether.....

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The Race for Space is Over (but not the way you think)

Shopping pre-corona in Germany used to be a contact sport - that changed overnight

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Berlin, lost and sometimes found

On one last pre-corona trip to the capital, abandoned streets allowed fresh insights into the....

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My baby understood humor – and now does stand-up comedy

If you raise your kids with humor, funny things can happen. My daughter understood my....

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The Secret Second Life of Balconies

Balconies are great in summer, but they can be useful in winter in surprising ways.

German Christmas means hot wine and cold toes

Every town has its Christmas market. I try my luck fitting in as a local....

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The several Santa syndrome

Taking bits and pieces of different Christmas cultures can lead to a lot of confusion,....

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Thanksgiving? Not as traditional as you think

Americans like to think of Thanksgiving as being the ultimate American holiday, but it's actually....

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Halloween has gone global but strange things happened

Halloween has made its way to Germany, but some funny things happened to this holiday....

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An in-tents experience – My Oktoberfest visit

The Oktoberfest is inextricably linked to drinking beer. But there's a lot more beyond the....

The curious case of the X in the sock drawer

The old joke "I have to organize my sock drawer" as an excuse to skip....

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Of planes to Spain exploring new terrain

I was thrilled when my daughter decided to study Spanish in Spain, but so much....