Things that make you go.......WTF?

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:27 pm

Haha, yup, TP, love Germany too. I spent our holidays last August in
Berlin, and the year before that in Bavaria. The Germans are a great people, and I find their terrible history, and their determination to face up to it, both terrifying and inspiring.

I also have lots of German (and French and Belgian and Russian) acquaintance-friends though business, and as I've come to understand them over many long dinners, I have also come to realise how differently they see the world in terms of its geopolitics. From those conversations, I have gradually come to see, I think, past the simplistic things we were taught, and to form a view which takes account of the various perspectives of the players. I find it a case study in how conventional wisdom is often quite partial at best, and often just flat wrong. Thanks for reading it, whether you agree or not. Cheers

Post by **think positive** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:37 am

It must have been incredibly hard for Germany and Germans to get past what happened, without spending their lives apologizing for the "sins of the father."

saw a doco once on children of several of the guards, and Hitlers personal henchmen. i just cant imagine what they have been through.
maybe ill get there one day - hubby was talking about maybe going to England for our 25th anniversary, and the Greek islands, depending on the political climate, might have to make a detour!! cheers, bedtime!!

Post by **think positive** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:59 am

taped something the other night, and this was on after it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elEp1L4J1QU

now im fussy, but gees the cleaner in this are really nuts! but the old woman, how can anyone live like that! such a beautiful old home too, what a terrible shame.

WPT i just cant imagine how your wife deals with hoarders, id go nuts!!

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:02 am

What makes it impossible?

Post by **think positive** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:58 am

annnnd one for swoop!!

https://www.thedodo.com/goat-stuck-on-p ... 40600.html

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:12 pm

David wrote: Edit: having read this, one might reasonably conclude that it's a pity we didn't lose.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -world-war

Shudder. If you think life would have been better under the Kaiser's Germany, and the ruthless Prussian mindset which underlay it, then I think you need to read some more history in this period. Read the history of Namibia and the Herrero and the Nama people, read about Dinant and Louvain, and consider the fact that the Germans were the first to undertake poison gas warfare, civilian bombardment from the air and unrestricted submarine warfare. There is a far greater connection between the Kaiser's Germany and Nazi Germany than you may suppose.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:15 pm

What makes you think I would think life?

Pi · Post by Pi » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:26 pm

47 year old C rations opened, they tell me it bad when it was new, age hasn't helped it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVOIgPrDH7E

swoop42 · Post by **swoop42** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:59 pm

think positive wrote:annnnd one for swoop!!

https://www.thedodo.com/goat-stuck-on-p ... 40600.html

I shouldn't have approached it downwind.

Fully clothed would have been beneficial also.

Post by **think positive** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:01 pm

Well now!

http://www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com ... eview.html

Post by **stui magpie** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:21 pm

think positive wrote:Well now!

http://www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com ... eview.html

The concept of a bunch of Korean fishermen all lined up having an uncle doug into the ocean with the aim of attracting fish is definitely a WTF.

What the hell were you googling to find that? Or shouldn't I ask.

Post by **think positive** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:29 pm

Hehehe it was on Facebook! Yeah I stopped reading at that point, but gees that old sea-men joke!

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:31 pm

When was this exactly?

Post by **think positive** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:37 pm

Speaking of wanking robots

Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:34 pm

From a food label:

CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER

Contents: peanuts (85%). vegetable oil.

WARNING: contains peanuts.

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Things that make you go.......WTF?