Keep calm and carillon
I’m so sick of seeing ‘Keep calm and carry on’ stuff, and all the unfunny variants of it (like ‘Keep Calm and Carry’ on an M & S bag, the…
Stermann & Griessman tanzen fürs Vaterland sketch
I think there’s a kind of international exchange going on. I find more and more English people fulfilling the stereotype of the humourless German bureaucrat, whereas German humour just seems…
The Urwärme of Ohrwürme
Via Metafilter, the top 25 ‘earworms’ in France, with audio examples. ‘Earworm’ is a direct translation of the German word Ohrwurm, meaning a tune that you can’t get out of…
Jonathan’s musical trivia quiz: Name that tune in 1
At a recent recording, while we were waiting for the kettle to boil or a hard drive to back up, we got a bit silly and starting playing ‘name that…
Happiness is a USB foot control
I don’t think I have loved a piece of technology more than I currently love my new Infinity USB foot control. I’m transcribing hours of interviews for my dissertation, and…
Take the Slovenia / Slovakia quiz
I thought I was maybe being a bit rude about people who don’t know where Slovenia is in my recent Slovenia post (A Geography Lesson for Mail-Readers), but I feel…