The only German I know is "Eine bier, bitte." I can't read anything on this website, but I think I'd get along with the proprietors of this blog pretty well. I will never complain about being stranded without a bottle opener again. (via boingboing.net)
As an aside, does anyone else call a bottle opener a "church key?" Not sure if this is a regional thing or a family thing.
One of my German friends told me that a book called something like "100 Ways to Open a Beer" had a run on the German bestseller list like The DaVinci Code.
ReplyDeleteI used to be pretty good at those tricks back then. It mostly involves prying like mad with any nearby hard edge - butterknives, tables, lighters...
None of it is really necessary, since I carry my own churchkey. The word was also used (surprise) in a Bosstones song, "365 Days"
Mmmm... beer.
Yeah,I learned the old "pry like mad" thing back in the peace corps. A lighter was the usual tool.
ReplyDeleteThese days I impress people by using a spoon. By "impress" I mean "annoy," cuz it does leave permanent marks in the spoon.
I look at that blog, and the book grandpaboy cites, as essential survival guides akin to the Boy Scout manual or any number of the Worst Case Scenario handbooks. Must-haves in a crazy, crazy world.
ReplyDeleteThe "church key" term is widely familiar in the Northeast and West, in my experience.
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