Simultaneous translation is a difficult job. And then he has to translate words without any meaning. That’s tough. I feel for him.

I like it everytime it is posted. Thanks.

There is no lost and found box.

If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.

Knife

So, it has a name and it exist at least since 1982. Thanks.

Does anybody know… Who did the first of those tiny island with a palm tree comics? I’ve never seen one in the real world.:)

More than 34 years old and still active. Not bad my dog.

Edit: OK. It’s from '13, but still…

Google insists that I must have mistyped eekhoorntjestaart. Who am I to argue? 🤷‍♀️

To me it was both. The descriptive nature of words on the one hand and the word length which often comes with it on the other.

Eichhörnchenschwanz is one more nice example (it also works with dialects: oachkatzlschwoaf - an oak cat’s tail) :D

Uvula? The german says Gaumenzäpfchen. It’s a Zäpfchen and it’s dangling from the Gaumen. Makes sense, no?

There could be a different way of life.

That’s a strange looking hat to be fair (or is it the perspective?) - the frontal part is missing.