> ….and I say “Helau” The opposite, actually. As soon as I see someone dressed up in yellow, red and blue, I’m gone quicker than a farter out of church.…
> Well, I’ll be…! Klaus R, my ophthalmologist and his wife a blond bird who’s definitely not his wife, sez Ms jb. But all is well – she was sitting…
> Pickled herrings. Traditional fare on Ash Wednesday around these parts. Just the sort of thing to remind you that the next 40 days fall under Lent and that having…
> It’s not over until the fat lady sings Ash Wednesday. Which is today. Until which time debauchery, iniquity, degeneracy and general sinning continues unabated. Including such frivolous pastimes as…
> Lurking around the Karneval section of one of the hypermarkets in a condition of open-mouthed disbelief, I stumbled over…. …..a whole section of paraphernalia devoted to Mainz 05. Now,…
> This is as close as I’m prepared to get the Karneval business, especially today (yesterday, actually) – Weiberfastnacht – where drunken and lascivious wimmin roam the town, brandishing scissors…
> Not that I understand much about this stuff, of course, but it is That Time Of Year again, when the local newspaper reports on Karneval to the virtual exclusion…
> At exactly this instant – 11:11 on 11:.11 – officially Karneval kicks off and doesn’t finish until 17 February next year. Lord preserve us. And while we’re on the…
> Er. More like “The Drumming Geriatric“. Pa rum pum pum pum
> Detail from the Gardetrommler statue of a drummer from the Prinzengarde, one of the innumerable Karneval clubs around here. Schillerplatz, if you’re looking for itBut I can’t help thinking…
> Know a word without “c”? “Alohol” And I tell you what – Mainz went through copious quantities of this stuff on Monday Monday being Rosenmontag – Rose Monday: the…
> It’s not that I don’t LIKE Karneval. It’s just that I have NO IDEA about what’s going on. I’m rather partial to some aspects of the madness, though Apfelkrapfen,…
> …to make those eyes at me for…..? Emile Ford and the Checkmates – 1959 [Listen] Town’s chock full of places selling Karneval kit. This place is normally an ice…
> This flag is either that of the Füsiliergarde Garde der Prinzessin Mainz Prinzengarde Kleppergarde Ranzengarde Husarengarde or one of a myriad other outfits. As you can deduce, I’m pretty…
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