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Gravatar Where are all those people now?

http://tinyurl.com/5u93t4

I hope they are all "im Trockenen". I couldn't find a translation for this term... maybe:

"I hope that they are all on dry ground now."

Mr. Prillinger

http://tinyurl.com/5j3ohc

should know it. But he is living in Vienna.


Gravatar Alright, I'm just back from meeting Zoe and Quarsan in a Pub next Holborn station and my mind is a bit confused. Well, all those people pictured on this leaflet cover are most probably definitely on dry ground now. But what on Planet Gallifrey has got Horst to with that? I don't understand, in fact I don't understand a lot of things that have happened recently, like the apparently genuine cheque for £180 I received in today's post and a few bizarre things more. Perhaps 2008 is the year of absolute weirdness. And of course is Horst living in Vienna. But, but, but ... I give up.

Oh - and sorry I got rid of your latest comment, but first I got rid of the idiot's comment, and so your followup comment to the idiot's comment didn't make any sense anymore.


Gravatar I always thought that Mr. Prillinger is an English teacher in Vienna...

... and, honestly, I don't know how the correct translation of "im Trockenen" would be.

You are publishing here, and he is publishing there. Therefore, my question: What is the translation of "im Trockenen"? I think, it is "on dry ground" - but not being sure.

"The idiot's comment" is not my problem; indeed, I commented "against" it - now, I am looking like a fool because you deleted this idiot's comment.

Yup, you are right that 2008 is the year of absolute weirdness.


Gravatar The idiot's comment" is not my problem; indeed, I commented "against" it - now, I am looking like a fool because you deleted this idiot's comment.

No you don't, because it's the idiot's fault; and it's not really worth even discussing it any further. Heh.

The "Im Trockenen/dry ground" conundrum is one of the most asked, most exceptional questions ever. It actually beats even the "42" question. It's incredibly difficult and it involves 5-dimensional quantum-mechanics and physics.

Having said that, I suggest you simply ask Mr. Prillinger, who will be happy to supply you with an answer.

I'm going to bed now.

BCNU,
No 42


Gravatar It's so much my pride and joy to see you answering so elaborately to my problem. I never wanted to bother Mr. Prilinger. He is not only an English teacher but also a Slam Poet.

Yes, I think "on the dry" is good translation, finally by myself. My paradigm was the sentence "Martini on the rocks".

What do you think about this paradigm?


Gravatar Oh, that one's easy. Martini on the rocks rocks. Sorted, next one please.


Gravatar A Gin fizz, perhaps. But surely NOT on the rocks. That's strange for a weed consumer, I know.

But let's end this never-ending comment misery in this tread here with a real good image link:

http:// www.historycooperative.or...ndap_fig01b.jpg

A Swiss barkeeper - he is thinking about Vienna and the Slam poets there.


Gravatar Fabulous. How about a drop of Brandy now?


Gravatar I think we should end the sardonic undertones in our comments here.

Why don't you simply sit down, and pull out your pipe?

I can't see any need for concurrence here. Yes, indeed, people are different. You smoke your pipe - I drink my beer. What's wrong about that?


Gravatar Wot? No sardonic undertones whatsoever. I only thought a drop of brandy might be nice after all those Gin and Tonics and glasses of Port and whatnot. Just a nightcap - what's wrong with that?


Gravatar Basically nothing.

I don't know the English word for "Leberwert" (maybe, Mr. Prillinger knows) but I would advise a Leberwert [ ] checkup to you as an ecclectic drinker once a year at your local ambulatorium.


Gravatar Leberwurst?
Apart from that - I'm not *that* mad enough to have my liver checked, here, at my local ambulatorium! No way. Butchers, they are. Butchers!


Gravatar Good man, I didn't mean your "liverwurst" - I am concerned with the performance of your liver!


Gravatar My liver's doing fine.


Gravatar It's "on the dry", so to say, and not on the rocks.


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