The Joke: Q: How do you turn a Trabant into a sports car?
A: Put sneakers in the glove compartment!
Why It's Funny: The Trabant was the best-selling car in the former East Germany. The ride is a punchline for its cheapness, due in no small part to its grossly underpowered engine and plastic body.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
The Joke: Q: How do you turn a Trabant into a sports car?
A: Put sneakers in the glove compartment!
Why It's Funny: The Trabant was the best-selling car in the former East Germany. The ride is a punchline for its cheapness, due in no small part to its grossly underpowered engine and plastic body.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
German trivia:
Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, free jazz titan Peter Brötzmann, and krautrockers Amon Düül (II) all used to hang out and drink with members of the Baader-Meinhof Group.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
eumaas wrote:German trivia:
Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, free jazz titan Peter Brötzmann, and krautrockers Amon Düül (II) all used to hang out and drink with members of the Baader-Meinhof Group.
I always assumed that every German of the time was either a member of or hung out with Baader-Meinhof..
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
And it dovetails nicely with my own resentment of those filthy neutrals.
Sitting on a fence probably is a good position for horse fucking.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft