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There are some great quotes in that piece. Must have been a fun piece to research and write. > They don’t call the violin a cello for kids, do they? > One sau
by kaycebasques 5y ago
There are some great quotes in that piece. Must have been a fun piece to research and write.
> They don’t call the violin a cello for kids, do they?
> One sausage gave birth to another
> Of course I can make some fries, I told them. They literally thought I could only make cushions that look like meat
> We made this area attractive, now we could be punished for it
> I have sticky tapes in my store that mere mortals would never dare to dream of.
- hedberg10 5y agoThat's the German language. That's what you get if you try to translate it very directly. It sounds a bit out of place in English, thus you have a surprise element (jokes work like that), which makes the quotes fun. For example: "I have sticky tapes in my store that mere mortals would never dare to dream of." - I can guarantee the shop owner used "Normalsterbliche" in the original quote. A normal, if not a bit old school, German colloquialism, meaning normal, average people. If you translate it to "mere mortals", it sounds like the Lord of the Rings, sticky tape edition.
- taejo 5y agoI think mere mortals has pretty much the same implication as Normalsterbliche. The tone is jokey but not grandiose.