Over at the Travel+Leisure blog, I slap Lufthansa for name-checking the despicable ‘Eat, Pray, Love’.
The next time you hire a Nigerian whore in Germany, you may need more protection than just a rubber. Bring some chicken bones and a book of spells — your ladyfriend may be the victim of a two-headed doctor who’s vexing her with conjurations meant to keep her in the trade.
When it comes to being hookers, pre-op transexuals can get into trouble. Fortunately, for this German whore, the john was more shocked than angry.
With so many problems facing the Catholic Church, you’d think their top-level officials would learn to keep their mouths shut. Particularly when members of the flock have died. This week, it’s an Austrian bishop who blamed the victims of July 24′s Love Parade stampede — a catastrophic crowd fuckup that saw 21 people killed and several hundred wounded. According to Salzburg Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun, the annual Love Parade concert “equals sin” — which “equals misfortune” — which “equals punishment by God.”
Here’s some good news for anyone who worries that Germans are just a few rallies away from a Reich revival. (And bad news for those of us who think free speech should be allowed — even when feelings get hurt.) A court has ruled Hitler salutes to be illegal even when they carry no overt political message.
Are you a gay man looking for hot anonymous sex? Do you like German dudes? Quick! Get thee to “Porno Island” before the local fuzz puts an end to the fun.
Hacking a Holocaust memorial website is hurtful, sure, but it’s better than neo-Nazis roaming the streets and beating up immigrants. Perhaps Germany should subsidize high-speed internet access for all neo-Nazis.
Judging by the headlines, it would seem that Ireland, England and the U.S. are leading the pack when it comes to uncovering and exposing systemic abuse in the Catholic Church. But Germany is wrestling with bad priests, too. The situation is particularly poignant since the current Pope, Benedict XVI, hails from the Fatherland. The worst [...]
As I recall, it was my former colleague Jim Knipfel who introduced me to the work of Gunther von Hagens, the German doctor famous for his plastination technique of preserving human bodies. It’s von Hagens’ work that’s on display in those ever-touring Bodies and Cycle of Life exhibitions; the latter features flayed human bodies posed [...]
If you thought biker gangs were strictly an American thing, think again. Germany is struggling to cope with a violent battle between the Hells Angels and rival Bandidos. From The Local: Interior Minister Klaus Schlie announced that the Flensburg chapter of the Hell’s Angels and the Neumünster chapter of the Bandidos were being banned on [...]
Calling all History Channel producers — according to an Italian magazine, Hitler was obsessed with the Shroud of Turin, and may have even tried to swipe it. It’s ratings gold! From the Local: Reporting on the article, German daily Die Welt said Cardin found documents written by former Turin Archbishop Maurilio Fossati in 1938 that [...]
He was drunk. He was angry. And the ticket-taker had just thrown him off the train. So how did this young man on his way to Bremen choose to voice his displeasure? By mooning the railroad employee, of course. That’s when things went wrong:
Good news for German breast men: Their women’s boobs are getting bigger. According to articles in the Sun (link NSFW) and the Daily Star (ditto), the average German bust size is one inch larger than it was a year ago. The Star’s story cites the Austrian Times, only without a direct link to the story. [...]
Yesterday in Berlin: No one was seriously injured. —Pictured: Passenger jet with faulty landing gear hits runway covered with protective foam layer | Mail Online
Ever found yourself unable to perform under the crushing weight of, say, 16 beers? A German beermaker has a brewed up a solution. From the Sun: Men all over Europe will be going ale night long after the launch of a new libido-boosting beer. The erotic tonic is better than Viagra with an “instant” effect, [...]
Some border towns tolerate prostitution with a blind eye (if not outright collusion with brothels), while others fight back against the streetwalkers who service the truckers, laborers and other dudes who fancy a quick BJ before heading home. One community on the Polish border of the former East Germany is clearly in the latter camp. [...]
Unfortunately there’s no video to accompany this story. Still, it’s a good one. From the Local: A natural high proved to be too meagre for a German hobby pilot flying in the state of Thuringia over the weekend. The man got so intoxicated during his flight that officials had to send help to guide him [...]
The economy is hitting everyone hard, not the least being hookers. One brothel in Berlin has launched a novel promotion to attract customers: discounts for bicycle and mass transit riders. From Reuters:
And you thought the New York Post had a monopoly on calling the president a monkey? This spring, a zookeeper in Germany named a newborn mandrill monkey “Obama.” After a few months of righteous indignation from an organization called Initiative for Black Germans, they’re finally changing it. (The group’s actual name, by the way, is [...]
Swiss authorities can’t make up their minds about German nudists. In April, one town banned freikörperkultur enthusiasts from hiking naked through their rolling hills. They’ve even prepared “no nude hiking” sign. From Metro: Swiss officials have stepped up their campaign against the scourge of naked hiking – by ordering warning signs telling ramblers to keep [...]
