Monday, July 10, 2006

Word of the day

If you were geblitzt, does that mean you were:

(a) Really drunk;

(b) Attacked by neo-Nazi hooligans;

(c) Sacked by a German linebacker; or

(d) Caught speeding by a radar camera?

Correct answer: (d).

[These are the kinds of things you learn when you listen to traffic reports in German. Likewise, I've learned that the German words for "thunder" and "lightning" are Donner and Blitzen, which may sound familiar even to some non-German speakers.]