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Friday, August 28, 2009

International Currently Bulging: Heinie Edition

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:02 PM

From our far-flung correspondent currently living in Germany.

Subject line: I'll say!

Date: August 28, 2009 2:21:07 PM PDT
To: Brendan Kiley
Subject: I'll say!

I took the picture (here in the Vaterland) before watching Inglorious Basterds.

Fucking-a brilliant.

A little uncomfortable in Germany. Uncomfortable for those rotten Huns I was sitting next to, that is...

The racism expressed by our far-flung correspondent is his own and does not necessarily represent the views of Brendan Kiley, The Stranger, Index Newspapers LLC, or any of its employees or advertisers.

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Hey, I'm German!!! Was I supposed to be offended?

Oh, and what the HELL is that "Share" botton? Is the commie scum of the Stranger pushing their socialist values on us AGAIN?!?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 28, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Yes, Cato, you were.

Posted by Brendan Kiley on August 28, 2009 at 3:20 PM

No digg?

Posted by w7ngman

on August 28, 2009 at 3:26 PM

No digg?

Posted by w7ngman

on August 28, 2009 at 3:27 PM

You have Paul Constant posting images from a book that contains pictures of some sort of folksy water-minstrel creature and this is the post that get's a disclaimer? Weird...I didn't know that Germans had such pull around The Stranger's offices. I would think effete Frenchmen or dissipated Brits would better fit the bill.

Posted by danindowntown on August 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM

Yeah, I'm in Mannheim at this very moment.

I was gonna go see Inglourious Basterds here in town for the pure irony of it - not to mention the lack of anything better to do in Mannheim - until I thought about how much of the movie's dialog is probably spoken in German.

That's when I realized that all the English dialog would be subtitled in German, and the German dialog not subtitled at all, and I, being a pathetic monolingual Americaner, would be up shitzkreig, ohne padel.

Posted by Eric Arrr on August 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM

Dear Eric A,

As the author of the above photograph/ hate speak, my coreligionist and sometime friend Brendan “Have it Your Way” Kiley asked me to respond to your post. Wherein, you express some trepidation to seeing “Inglourious Basterds” due to your admittedly weak language skills.

I have thought this over and have decided that you are out of your fucking mind. You are passing up a chance to see Hitler’s head being blown off by a (spoiler alert) submachine gun in the heart of the Deutsch Reich?

That is one for the grandkids man.

Anyway if that doesn’t do it for you- here is a quick ‘no language skills needed’ primer to the movie:
If you see:
A Nazi speaking.
Then you should:
Squirm, because something bad is going to happen
If you see:
A non Nazi speaking.
Then you should:
Get some soda or use the bathroom. It might be awhile
If you see:
Brad Pitt speaking.
Then you should:
Cheer, because it is about to be awesome.
If you see:
Any mixture of the above.
Then you should: Worry, because it could go any direction

I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Ignatz Maus

Posted by Ignatz Maus on August 29, 2009 at 9:10 AM