"This is a punishment for those who started misusing freedom of expression to insult the sanctities of Islam," said Ahmad Mahmoudi, a cake shop owner in northern Tehran.
What kind of lame-ass punishment is this? C'mon guys, cut off some hands! Stone somebody! It's like they aren't even trying.
To be fair, I should have told Ben that I found the link over at The Butch Stroll--I suspect Mr. Stroll would be amused by being invited to stop by the Mineshaft.
I had a Danish just this morning, from the Div School coffee shop, where God drinks coffee. If it is called a Danish there, it should be called a Danish everywhere -- thus, we should invade Denmark to restore the proper name to this blessed pastry.
Is that what it ought to have been, Brad? I've heard for years it translated as "I am a jelly donut" but I guess I've never seen what he should have said.
That's what he would have said if he'd been talking about his activities with Fraulein Helga, whose foldy bits' lubrication did indeed have a jelly-like quality.
Oh, you're right about the oil ministry; I'd just forgotten. The new government isn't entirely seated, but that position seems secure for Achmed for awhile yet. I just keep waiting to hear even bigger things from him.
28: I actually remember learning it the way you've written it, except with "er" in the second clause, but found this when I googled. If I understand things correctly, "der Mensch" is more accurate since it means "human being" while "man" means "one."
But if you're trying to translate "you are what you eat," you'd want to use "one [man]."
Maybe the Germans haven't yet caught onto the gender-inclusive language thing, but I think sometimes we will use "one" in all pronoun slots, whereas in ages past we might have used "one" for the first one and then "he" for all the rest.
The wonder of Chalabi's williness will never cease. He'll pop back up somewhere. I hope nobody kills him before he gets to write his self-serving memoir.
The word "Man" is to "one," whereas the word "Mann" is to "Male". Therefore, around here, one would tend to say, "Man ist, was man ißt," and mean it to cover all genders. No B, it is not sexist usage.
One final thought on the "Berliner" urban legend. This is repeated in the movie "Lost Luggage;" Maximillian Schell has the line. Now he would know better right? Some actors do what they're told, whether or not they should know it's bullshit. Kind of smashes the aura of European sophistication the movie created, doesn't it?
That is the trouble with Maximillian Schell. He is capable of some very fine acting but some of the tump he has been turning out in German language television has been pretty turpid. One would like to think that Maria Schell at least would have resisted the director, or not.
Redeeming grace: Maximillian Schell's documentary film about his sister's life deserved the awards it won.
I haven't been here very long but my impression is that the only time something is OT on this blog is if it belongs on another active thread. And sometimes not even then.
"This is a punishment for those who started misusing freedom of expression to insult the sanctities of Islam," said Ahmad Mahmoudi, a cake shop owner in northern Tehran.
What kind of lame-ass punishment is this? C'mon guys, cut off some hands! Stone somebody! It's like they aren't even trying.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 5:58 PM
I wanna lick Muhammed's . . . rose.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 5:59 PM
There is plenty of stupid to go around for everybody.
Posted by Joe O | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:05 PM
INFIDELS!
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:11 PM
To be fair, I should have told Ben that I found the link over at The Butch Stroll--I suspect Mr. Stroll would be amused by being invited to stop by the Mineshaft.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:12 PM
In Danish, a danish is a "wienerbrød." I wonder what it was in Persian.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:16 PM
The headline makes me think of this.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:19 PM
All who think "Rose of the Prophet" is more euphonious than "Ogged," please raise their hands... paws... anything they got now...
Posted by Hedgical Trevor | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:30 PM
I love how it's just "in memory of ogged, Persian" and not "our Persian friend, Ogged" or something otherwise endearing.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:36 PM
I had a Danish just this morning, from the Div School coffee shop, where God drinks coffee. If it is called a Danish there, it should be called a Danish everywhere -- thus, we should invade Denmark to restore the proper name to this blessed pastry.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:45 PM
King cake tastes kind of like a Danish but is much yummier and has a little baby Jesus inside.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:48 PM
10: But it's not Denmark we should invade; it's Iran. Invade Iran! Invade Ira--
What's the source for this story anyway?
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 6:49 PM
Europe is just full of Wieners and Danishes and Hamburgers and Frankfurters and other tasty people.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:07 PM
So now we've shifted from bestiality to cannibalism. Great.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:12 PM
Ich esse das Berliner
Posted by Brad DeLong | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:16 PM
See how fast the quality of this weblog drops now that Rose is no longer among us?
Posted by Hedgical Trevor | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:17 PM
#15
Is that what it ought to have been, Brad? I've heard for years it translated as "I am a jelly donut" but I guess I've never seen what he should have said.
Posted by John Tingley | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:20 PM
That's what he would have said if he'd been talking about his activities with Fraulein Helga, whose foldy bits' lubrication did indeed have a jelly-like quality.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:23 PM
"I've heard for years it translated as 'I am a jelly donut' but I guess I've never seen what he should have said."
Yeah,another urban legend, that.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:27 PM
12: "What's the source for this story anyway?"
Ali Akbar Dareini and the Associated Press? [scratches head]
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:34 PM
Well well. So what Brad says is "I eat the Berliner"
Posted by John Tingley | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:43 PM
This Berliner which he eats is however of neutral gender, unlike most other Berliners who are of masculine gender.
Posted by Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 7:59 PM
20: So they say. But how do we know it is not one of the wily Chalabi's many pseudonyms.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:02 PM
Der Mensch ist, was er ißt.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:03 PM
23--I'm almost starting to miss Chalabi. What's he up to these days?
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:07 PM
He's still running the Oil Ministry, isn't he? Or has the new government been seated yet?
(I really haven't been paying attention lately.)
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:09 PM
Oh, you're right about the oil ministry; I'd just forgotten. The new government isn't entirely seated, but that position seems secure for Achmed for awhile yet. I just keep waiting to hear even bigger things from him.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:19 PM
24: Wouldn't it be "man ist, was man ißt"? Or would one use "er" in place of the second "man"?
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:26 PM
Use "er" in place of the second "man" because it's the same one who's being and eating.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:27 PM
But he isn't even in the new government, is he? I don't see how he can pull that off, but he is indeed a tricky fellow.
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:27 PM
I think.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:28 PM
28: I actually remember learning it the way you've written it, except with "er" in the second clause, but found this when I googled. If I understand things correctly, "der Mensch" is more accurate since it means "human being" while "man" means "one."
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:32 PM
But if you're trying to translate "you are what you eat," you'd want to use "one [man]."
Maybe the Germans haven't yet caught onto the gender-inclusive language thing, but I think sometimes we will use "one" in all pronoun slots, whereas in ages past we might have used "one" for the first one and then "he" for all the rest.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:40 PM
Who am I to argue with Feuerbach?
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:48 PM
One cannot see a post on use of 'one' without linking Thurber.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:51 PM
"...Chalabi. What's he up to these days?"
Getting under 1% of the vote, and.
"Or has the new government been seated yet?"
Not yet. Though Jafari was elected PM again, by one vote, thanks to Moktada (pick your spelling) Sadr's 32 votes in the new Parliament.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:53 PM
Maybe the Germans haven't yet caught onto the gender-inclusive language thing
Oh, they have.
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 8:58 PM
The wonder of Chalabi's williness will never cease. He'll pop back up somewhere. I hope nobody kills him before he gets to write his self-serving memoir.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 9:00 PM
"The wonder of Chalabi's williness...."
How large is his willi, anyway?
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 9:28 PM
And where do you think it'll pop back up?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 9:37 PM
Don't get too excited, everyone; he's self-serve only.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 9:55 PM
When you lie to the neocons first they are warm then they get cold. His government made him the oil minister. That had the queer smell.
His government had a nicer smell than Saddam's. He tooted his own hornpipe for himself to dance. He danced:
Chalala lala,
Chalala chalalabi,
Chalala lala,
Chalala lala.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 02-16-06 11:01 PM
Moo cow?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 1:38 AM
28,29,33 etc:
The word "Man" is to "one," whereas the word "Mann" is to "Male". Therefore, around here, one would tend to say, "Man ist, was man ißt," and mean it to cover all genders. No B, it is not sexist usage.
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 3:01 AM
One final thought on the "Berliner" urban legend. This is repeated in the movie "Lost Luggage;" Maximillian Schell has the line. Now he would know better right? Some actors do what they're told, whether or not they should know it's bullshit. Kind of smashes the aura of European sophistication the movie created, doesn't it?
Posted by John Tingley | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:02 AM
44 gets it exactly right.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:04 AM
*doffs cap*
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:07 AM
That is the trouble with Maximillian Schell. He is capable of some very fine acting but some of the tump he has been turning out in German language television has been pretty turpid. One would like to think that Maria Schell at least would have resisted the director, or not.
Redeeming grace: Maximillian Schell's documentary film about his sister's life deserved the awards it won.
I guess all this is way OT. Sorry.
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:16 AM
I haven't been here very long but my impression is that the only time something is OT on this blog is if it belongs on another active thread. And sometimes not even then.
Posted by John Tingley | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:21 AM
Under the old management there was no danger...but you know: New brooms...
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:23 AM
Now that Hedgical Trevor has become such an excellent typist, I wish he would update his blog more often.
11: Jesus: purple 4-ball and choking hazard!
Posted by mcmc | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 8:44 AM
"I guess all this is way OT."
You can be OT on Unfogged?
Nah. But when in doubt, add a cock joke, and stir.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 12:30 PM
"...but you know: New brooms..."
Should always be used when curling.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02-17-06 12:31 PM
I only curl at the edges.
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 02-18-06 5:30 AM