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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. 
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30.04.08 - 6:14 pm | #
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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.
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30.04.08 - 8:55 pm | #
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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.
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30.04.08 - 10:51 pm | #
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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
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30.04.08 - 11:25 pm | #
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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? 
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02.05.08 - 11:13 pm | #
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Oh, that one's easy. Martini on the rocks rocks. Sorted, next one please.
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02.05.08 - 11:25 pm | #
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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.
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02.05.08 - 11:55 pm | #
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Fabulous. How about a drop of Brandy now?
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03.05.08 - 12:26 am | #
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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? 
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03.05.08 - 1:10 am | #
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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?
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03.05.08 - 1:17 am | #
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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.
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04.05.08 - 7:11 pm | #
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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!
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04.05.08 - 7:43 pm | #
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Good man, I didn't mean your "liverwurst" - I am concerned with the performance of your liver! 
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04.05.08 - 7:59 pm | #
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My liver's doing fine. 
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04.05.08 - 9:07 pm | #
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It's "on the dry", so to say, and not on the rocks.
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