Unfortunately, many of you didn’t fill in the correct answers yesterday. The task was: conjugate the verbs in the simple PAST (Präteritum, 1. Vergangenheit) and NOT in the simple present (Präsens, Gegenwart). However, most of your present tense conjugations were correct - so that’s cool ;) For…
elsi:
by Gary Soto
I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.
School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,
An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our team
Was going to win at night. The teachers were
Too close to dying to understand. The hallways
Stank of poor grades and unwashed hair. Thus,
A…
Klöße / Knödel (dumplings) can be made out of potatoes. But there are different ways to make them, for example out of rolls and/or Brezeln. Those are my favourite! Add a mushroom sauce on top and be happy!
For 6 dumplings you need:
6 rolls (they can also be dry, so it’s a good way to use leftovers!)
about 4-6oz milk (100-150ml)
a small onion
1 or 2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp parsley
2 eggs
nutmeg, pepper, salt
Stew the onion (small cubes) with butter, add parsley. Mix it with the cut rolls (cubes or thin slices) which you’ve already soaked with milk. Add the spices. If the mix is too wet, add a bit of flour.
Shape dumplings, roll them in flour and then let them simmer for about 20mins (lid on top, but not fully closed). (pic via kuechengoetter.de)
Kastenlauf, also Kistenlauf, Bierkastenlauf, Bierlauf, Bierkastenrennen or biergrätle-race or Bier-Rallye is a drinking game/sport that is popular in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is a race among teams that consist of two people carrying a crate of beer, all of which must be consumed prior to crossing the finish line. (via kbolts)
Spoetry or Spoems are poetic verses made primarily from the subject lines of spam e-mail messages. (via sleevia)
There are two choices of toilet paper orientation when using a toilet roll holder with a horizontal axle parallel to the wall: the toilet paper may hang over or under the roll. The choice is largely a matter of personal preference, dictated by habit. In surveys of American consumers and of bath and kitchen specialists, 60–70% of respondents prefer over. (via werttrew)
In philosophy, the brain in a vat is an element used in a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of our ideas of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, and meaning. It is drawn from the idea, common to many science fiction stories, that a mad scientist, machine or other entity might remove a person’s brain from the body, suspend it in a vat of life-sustaining liquid, and connect its neurons by wires to a supercomputer which would provide it with electrical impulses identical to those the brain normally receives. (via Zane)
noun • investing money into an individual’s law suit
From Middle English champartie, from Middle French champart.
elsi:
From The Odd Job, via We Love Typography.
(via wordsandeggs)
Here are more words that have several meanings:
1. der Ton = 1. clay 2. note 3. tone
2. die Decke = 1. blanket 2. ceiling
3. das Eis = 1. ice 2. ice-cream
