people of germany

Cathy and I decided way too late (read: 2 weeks before our internships ended) that we should have made a blog about the people of germany. in a similar fashion to "people of wal-mart", we'd post pictures of people, well, in Germany. Doing German things. Being German. Despite the fact that we didn't have enough time to collect the necessary materials for said blog, we fleshed out what it would look like. Guess this will just have be a project for my dream life of moving to Munich and being a professional party-er/beer drinker.

1) Photos - if you've ever been to Europe, no explanation necessary. For everyone else, this would include, but is not limited to, photos of matching t-shirts from bachelor/bachelorette parties, 40 euro pit-bull sweatpants, fanny packs, man capris, uncategoriable outfits, haircuts, lederhosen, and people epitomizing what it means to be German:

this drunken mess is exactly what it means to be German

2) Do You Know What Your Hat Means? - interviews with people wearing anything American related (MLB hats, shirts with English writing, American-flag shorts, etc) and inquiring about their level of knowledge on that little piece of America their toting around.

3) The F-bomb and Why You're Using it Incorrectly - an explanation of when to use the f-bomb, including the fact that it's a really offensive word.

4) Mistranslations - signs, tourist information, menus, a recording of any Deutsche Bahn train driver trying to speak English by skipping one out of every third syllable, the Deutsche Bank "GIZ" division (sound it out...), etc

5) Ask Robert - (he's not man Robert, but he is man German). a Q&A where we ask intern man to explain things that Germans do.