An incredible thread. Please read.

A better shot of my wisteria tattoo, no filter.

Anyone who complains about falling fertility rates without talking about housing and childcare costs can be entirely ignored.

New one for me: a male colleague whom I’ve never met before just addressed an email to me with ‘Hello Erwin’.

Wisteria tattoo in its natural habitat.

Out.

This morning on the way to work, the man cycling in front of me had those no-show trainer socks on with... Teva sport sandals. New level of Deutsch unlocked.

This is a thread of phrases similar to “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” from around the world, starting with this one… There’s a colourful old Swedish idiom that goes hjulet snurrar men hamstern är död. It means “the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead”

What the hell is an ampersand and why does it look like that?! The first thing you need to know is that "&" used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet... But there are three parts to this story. And the first begins over two thousand years ago in Ancient Rome with a single

My favourite part about this time of year is the German media teaching Germans about inflation via the ever increasing price of Oktoberfest beer.

I am no longer posting here, fyi. Left for the other place.