Germany is a land of whimsy

[Low Down Low]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull but what do Bayern and Borussia translate to?

Bayern Munich would be pretty much the equivalent of limeys calling a club Merseyside Liverpool or Yorkshire Leeds.

[101Walterton]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull but what do Bayern and Borussia translate to?

Bayern Munich would be pretty much the equivalent of limeys calling a club Merseyside Liverpool or Yorkshire Leeds.

Thanks that makes sense.
Borussia?

[Olaf]

Borussia = Prussia

[Low Down Low]

One of the oldest jokes i ever heard along the lines who's the biggest cunt in football, the guy who shouts "give me a b" at a Borussia Moenchengladbach match.

[Olaf]

One of the oldest jokes i ever heard along the lines who's the biggest cunt in football, the guy who shouts "give me a b" at a Borussia Moenchengladbach match.

Heh. Borussia or Preußen were pretty popular club names in the Kaiserreich I guess.

In the case of Dortmund the inspiration for the name came from a beer ad allegedly.

[Olaf]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull

Yes and no. Red Bull controls the club, but RB officially stands for RasenBallsport.

[101Walterton]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull

Yes and no. Red Bull controls the club, but RB officially stands for RasenBallsport.

I thought it was Red Bull but Bundesliga rules wouldn’t allow a sponsors name in the team name.

[Olaf]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull

Yes and no. Red Bull controls the club, but RB officially stands for RasenBallsport.

I thought it was Red Bull but Bundesliga rules wouldn’t allow a sponsors name in the team name.

Yep. Unless the name is Bayer.

[101Walterton]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull

Yes and no. Red Bull controls the club, but RB officially stands for RasenBallsport.

I thought it was Red Bull but Bundesliga rules wouldn’t allow a sponsors name in the team name.

Yep. Unless the name is Bayer.

Money talks
I’ve been to Leverkusen I know what you mean.

[Olaf]

Hi Olaf, football question for you being as we are all watching the Bundesliga!!

I know ‘Bayer’ as in Leverkusen is the chemical company (sponsor) and RB is Red Bull

Yes and no. Red Bull controls the club, but RB officially stands for RasenBallsport.

I thought it was Red Bull but Bundesliga rules wouldn’t allow a sponsors name in the team name.

Yep. Unless the name is Bayer.

Money talks
I’ve been to Leverkusen I know what you mean.

Yeah, I remember that. The year I crashed into the garage door.

I realize the Bayer club was originally founded with a different intention, but that's totally irrelevant today I think.

[Olaf]

Hitler covering my favourite Wir Sind Helden song. Not sure what to think. Guess as a parody of Rammstein/Witt/Heino it's passable.

[Marky Dread]

Hitler covering my favourite Wir Sind Helden song. Not sure what to think. Guess as a parody of Rammstein/Witt/Heino it's passable.

It'll get to number nein in the charts.

[Olaf]

Hitler covering my favourite Wir Sind Helden song. Not sure what to think. Guess as a parody of Rammstein/Witt/Heino it's passable.

It'll get to number nein in the charts.

[Dr. Medulla]

Whimsically energetic by law.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... w-will-say

[Olaf]

Whimsically energetic by law.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... w-will-say

I like the word Hundeverordnung. I could say it all day.