It's always fun to meet a fellow Delphian :)

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It's always fun to meet a fellow Delphian :)

Christoph Roeper @ Kirchzarten, Schwarzwald, Germany

https://twitter.com/skipperTux/status/923443828148834304
https://twitter.com/skipperTux/status/923443828148834304

Comments

  1. Bill MeyerOctober 26, 2017 at 9:33 AM

    Would not recognize you, Lars, without the rose-colored lenses. ;)

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  2. Brett WiltonOctober 26, 2017 at 12:29 PM

    Whoa, imagine the cost of those beers in Norway!

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  3. Uwe RaabeOctober 27, 2017 at 12:34 AM

    Lars, did you join in late or is that already your second one?
    Anyway, "Prost!"

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  4. Lars FosdalOctober 27, 2017 at 2:39 AM

    Uwe Raabe To be honest, I was at least two and half glass ahead of Cristoph at that moment. He arrived late :) Prost! Or as we sometimes say in Norway (directly translated): "Schau an die Decke!" or "Kopp in Nacken"!

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  5. Lübbe OnkenOctober 27, 2017 at 2:47 AM

    "Nicht lang schnacken, Kopp in Nacken!" is orignial Plattdeutsch. Are they really the same words in Norwegian or was this your translation from Norwegian?

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  6. Uwe RaabeOctober 27, 2017 at 2:56 AM

    Lars Fosdal Interesting. The phrase "Kopp in Nacken" is used in exactly the same way here in our local dialect "Plattdeutsch" (literally "Flat German"), which is spoken all over Northern Germany mostly in rural areas and in a multitude of flavors. In "High German" one would say "Kopf in den Nacken". The whole sentence goes: "Nich lang schnacken - Kopp in Nacken." and has the meaning of "Don't talk - drink!"

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  7. Uwe RaabeOctober 27, 2017 at 2:58 AM

    Lübbe Onken Sorry, didn't see your comment before.

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  8. Lars FosdalOctober 27, 2017 at 3:01 AM

    "Kopp in Nacken" was Christoph's suggestion for a German analog to the "Look to the Ceiling", (in Norwegian: "Sjau i takjet" in a dialect from Sogn & Nordfjord/Voss).

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  9. Uwe RaabeOctober 27, 2017 at 3:05 AM

    That explains it. :)

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  10. Lars FosdalOctober 27, 2017 at 12:31 PM

    Bill Meyer I'm a realist these days ;)

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  11. Bill MeyerOctober 27, 2017 at 12:35 PM

    Lars Fosdal I guess that's why you need the big mug!

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  12. Lars FosdalOctober 27, 2017 at 12:44 PM

    Wish I had such a mug right now. Started traveling at 1230, and won't be home until past midnight. Currently on a train from Oslo Gardermoen Airport to Porsgrunn, after a couple of hours in a car to Zürich, and a flight we nearly missed due to incompetent airport people. Travel is so relaxing...

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