Posted By Russ Emerson on June 29, 2009 at 11:40 am
The English language is generally more flexible and expressive than most, but the German language has a lot of great words for concepts that are harder to describe in English. My recent favorite:
Backpfeifengesicht: a face badly in need of a fist.
Other examples of great German words include schadenfreude and schwerpunkt.
Posted By Russ Emerson on June 24, 2009 at 8:50 pm
While it is possible to bleed in a wholly unanticipated way, at a time or place that leave one wondering which particular members of the Greek, Roman, and/or Norse pantheons one might have accidentally crossed, doing so is usually considered bad form.
Bleeding can be one of the most useful training tools built into the human body.
So remember: if you’re bleeding, you’ve almost certainly done something wrong.
[This post brought to you by the Where the Hell Did That Come From? Coalition.]