Gud = krudt?

August 4, 2006 by thomas · Comment
Filed under: da, religion, science 

Kronikken i Jyllands-Posten i dag handler om en teori om, at Moses fra Ægypten bragte viden om krudt- og raketfremstilling med sig, og at de jødiske ypperstepræster fremstillede krudt i templet. Når Moses “talte med Gud”, fremstillede han altså krudt. Jeg kan slet ikke vurdere, om teorien holder vand, men den er da i hvert fald tankevækkende.

Wormsoapy cock poetry

August 4, 2006 by thomas · Comment
Filed under: de, en, humour, it, linguistics 

I bought a passaverdura in Italy. In Italian, it reasonably enough tells me to “lavare bene prima dell’uso” – which in English has become “before first use, wash in wormsoapy water”.

That reminds me of a friend of my dad, Ötz, who wanted to buy a gasket for his tap. In German, a gasket is called a Dichtung, and Hahn means both tap and cock, so he reportedly asked for una poesia di gallo d’acqua!