Freitag, 22. Februar 2008

Howling at the moon...

Thanks E.T. for this wonderfull shot of the lunar eclipse. Here in Switzerland it took place at 4 in the morning - and guess what: I was awake at that time.


No, I didn't really want to get up at that time in the morning, but these events always bring up some kind of insomnia in me. So I got up, went outside to see the moon - and saw this:


Wednesday and Thursday this week were the first cloudy days in four weeks of constant sunshine...

Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008

If you are stolen...

...call the police at once!




















Engrish.com holds a wealth of funny translations from mostly asian signs into english. Browse and laugh!

Montag, 4. Februar 2008

Stupid...?

Yesterday I came across this not-too-serious report about Americans being stupid from CNN. At first I thought 'oh yeah, the typical answers you'd expect from Americans'. Today when I discussed the film with a couple of work mates I came to the following conclusion:

First off, I don't think ALL Americans are stupid - of course there are some, just as there are stupid Swiss, stupid Scotts, stupid Germans... The second thing is: The reporter only showed us the stupid answers - I bet there were lots of correct and thoughtful answers. And if you ask enough people you'll get similar answers in Switzerland or anywhere else in the world as well.

I see this report as a nice dispersal - a good laugh from time to time. Nothing more. I don't see any deeper sense in it, and I don't see any clishees confirmed in it.

Look at it and laugh if you can - I can. And I think I could even laugh if this was about Swiss being stupid.