Love Parade vs. FFWD Danceparade

[Guest Scathane]

Is anyone going to the Love Parade (Germany) this year (dunno the date)? Consequently, is anyone planning on visiting the FFWD Danceparade in the Netherlands on the 14th of august?

[TK421]

Yeah, tot the FFWD Heineken Dance Parade, yes... I mean, I partially live in Rotterdam, I'm looking forward to it. But definetely not to Germany, just too far away

[the_mask]

Yeah, it's in Berlin, practically the other side of the country (about 500km north-east), from my southern point of view.

 

Also I've never been into techno music. Electric guitars are what I prefer

[TK421]

Hey Mask, southern Germany? I'm going to Karlsruhe in about three weeks, with school. It should be somewhere in the south too. Any idea wheter it's an interesting city?

[the_mask]

It's somewhere "above" Stuttgart, but I've never been there. A former teacher of mine came from there.

From what I know it's a big city, so there are good chances, you'll find enough interesting stores

Are you visiting a museum ?

[TK421]

Yes, a sort of modern art museum and a multimedial museum...

[the_mask]

Mmmm, sounds good.

 

Take some pictures, will ya ?

[Texas_Fett]

Yeah, it's in Berlin, practically the other side of the country (about 500km north-east), from my southern point of view.

 

Huh...less than the distance from San Antonio to Dallas (274.8 miles ~ 714 km), yet I'll bet it takes a LOT longer, what with all the convoluted twists in the Autobahn.

 

Also I've never been into techno music. Electric guitars are what I prefer

 

And all this time I thought all Germans listened to nothing but music featuring tubas. Don't tell me: y'all don't really go around wearing lederhosen all the time either, right? Just kiddin'.

 

Gotta love dispelling stereotypes. Just for the record, not all of Texas looks like a scene from a spagetti western, not everyone here owns a ranch or has the oil business as their primary source of income, and I don't even OWN a cowboy hat, let alone spurs.

 

BTW, techno does kinda suck.

[Trejiuvanat]

Yeah, it's in Berlin, practically the other side of the country (about 500km north-east), from my southern point of view.

That's almost the distance from the northern border with Nicaragua to the southern border with Panama.

 

And all this time I thought all Germans listened to nothing but music featuring tubas. Don't tell me: y'all don't really go around wearing lederhosen all the time either, right? Just kiddin'.

 

I've lived in Germany, actually they do wear their Lederhosen all day long, stop wearing the Lederhose is a major crime. Plus, mask loves tuba music!

 

Gotta love dispelling stereotypes. Just for the record, not all of Texas looks like a scene from a spagetti western, not everyone here owns a ranch or has the oil business as their primary source of income, and I don't even OWN a cowboy hat, let alone spurs.

 

I thought you were an extra in [/i]The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and that you owned a sizable piece of land with a ranch and an oilfield.

 

BTW, techno does kinda suck.

 

I tend to agree.

[the_mask]

I really hate to crush your illusions ... nah, 'hate' is not the right word , but I gotta correct some things here (yes, again )

 

First of all: I frowned when reading the 700km, so I googled the formula and know once more, that 1 mile is about 1,6 km, which means 274.8miles are more like 442.2km

 

I've lived in Germany, actually they do wear their Lederhosen all day long, stop wearing the Lederhose is a major crime.

Hmm, you must've lived in Bavaria then, right at the Königssee. I heard they do that there for the tourists.

Actually 99,999% of my life I've worn nothing but Jeans. A girl in school once said, before prom night, that she couldn't imagine what I would look like in a formal suit.

Oh and stopping to wear any pants in public is some kind of minor offense, but it's winter here, so it doesn't happen too often...

 

Plus, mask loves tuba music!

Sure, can't get enough of it, evidence is in the "what song are you listening to" thread.

 

Gotta love dispelling stereotypes. Just for the record, not all of Texas looks like a scene from a spagetti western, not everyone here owns a ranch or has the oil business as their primary source of income, and I don't even OWN a cowboy hat, let alone spurs.

Yeah, I've heard, that eastern Texas would look quite different.

 

I thought you were an extra in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and that you owned a sizable piece of land with a ranch and an oilfield.

Is that some kinda soap ?

 

BTW, techno does kinda suck.

I tend to agree.

Amen

[Texas_Fett]

I really hate to crush your illusions ... nah, 'hate' is not the right word , but I gotta correct some things here (yes, again )

 

First of all: I frowned when reading the 700km, so I googled the formula and know once more, that 1 mile is about 1,6 km, which means 274.8miles are more like 442.2km

You are forgetting one major fact there, brother, and that is: EVERYTHING is bigger and better in Texas! Don't make me sing 'the song'.

 

Hmm, you must've lived in Bavaria then, right at the Königssee. I heard they do that there for the tourists.

Actually 99,999% of my life I've worn nothing but Jeans. A girl in school once said, before prom night, that she couldn't imagine what I would look like in a formal suit.

Oh and stopping to wear any pants in public is some kind of minor offense, but it's winter here, so it doesn't happen too often...

Interesting cultural reference, there. I wasn't even aware that students in Germany HAD proms. So tell me...at this dance, was there a live band? And if so, were there many tubas involved? (Not to beat a dead horse, but... )

 

Plus, mask loves tuba music!

Sure, can't get enough of it, evidence is in the "what song are you listening to" thread.

Ah. I guess that answers my question above.

 

Gotta love dispelling stereotypes. Just for the record, not all of Texas looks like a scene from a spagetti western, not everyone here owns a ranch or has the oil business as their primary source of income, and I don't even OWN a cowboy hat, let alone spurs.

Yeah, I've heard, that eastern Texas would look quite different.

BIG trees, BIG lakes, nice lookin' women...but a tad too close to Arkansas, if you catch my meaning.

 

I thought you were an extra in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and that you owned a sizable piece of land with a ranch and an oilfield.

Is that some kinda soap?

You mock Clint Eastwood!?! For that, you must die!

 

BTW, techno does kinda suck.

I tend to agree.

Amen

So it's unanimous, then?

[Trejiuvanat]

Hmm, you must've lived in Bavaria then, right at the Königssee. I heard they do that there for the tourists.

Actually 99,999% of my life I've worn nothing but Jeans. A girl in school once said, before prom night, that she couldn't imagine what I would look like in a formal suit.

Oh and stopping to wear any pants in public is some kind of minor offense, but it's winter here, so it doesn't happen too often...

Actually I lived about some 50 km south from where you live, I don't think I ever saw someone wearing a Lederhose.

99.999% of your life? That must mean... Mask did you use jeans-diapers when you were a baby?

 

Is that some kinda soap ?

 

You're in trouble mask...

[TK421]

"Patrick: Hehehe, Texas is stupid, Spongebob!"

[Texas_Fett]

Aw, MAN! Them's fightin' words there, TK!

[the_mask]

You are forgetting one major fact there, brother, and that is: EVERYTHING is bigger and better in Texas!

Well you certainly got a bigger shore ...

Don't make me sing 'the song'.

Bawitdaba ? I'm kidding.

 

Interesting cultural reference, there. I wasn't even aware that students in Germany HAD proms. So tell me...at this dance, was there a live band? And if so, were there many tubas involved? (Not to beat a dead horse, but... )

You think we go 13 years to school without ending it with a big bang I don't remember much of that party though, except that after a few Whiskeys I started singing something from the Stones and later, during the dancing I was doing these moves from Pulp Fiction

 

BIG trees, BIG lakes, nice lookin' women...but a tad too close to Arkansas, if you catch my meaning.

as in "nice lookin' single women" ?

 

You mock Clint Eastwood!?! For that, you must die!

How could I know ? I don't have the original title of every movie, I just thought it sounded like "the young and restless", "bold and beautiful" and what these things, that made me switch the channels, weren't all named...

 

Actually I lived about some 50 km south from where you live, I don't think I ever saw someone wearing a Lederhose.

you know where I live ? Now where's that last hidden spycam of yours....

 

99.999% of your life? That must mean... Mask did you use jeans-diapers when you were a baby?

Yep, sssstone-washed

[Texas_Fett]

Well you certainly got a bigger shore ...

Um, yeah...that's what I was referring to. The Texas Shoreline... Of course, if you count Mexico (may as well, given our porous border), then I can see your point.

 

Bawitdaba ? I'm kidding.

Huh? I was referring to...{ahem}...mi, mi, mi...

"The Stars at Night,

Are Big and Bright,

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS!!

 

You think we go 13 years to school without ending it with a big bang I don't remember much of that party though, except that after a few Whiskeys I started singing something from the Stones and later, during the dancing I was doing these moves from Pulp Fiction

Ever see the movie, "Can't Hardly Wait"? I just pictured you being like Charlie Korsmo's character from the movie. "I can't feel my legs...I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!!!"

 

as in "nice lookin' single women" ?

Ooooh, YEAH!! I DID marry one, after all. Texas women are a whole different breed, let me tell you. They like to hunt, fish, be outdoors, they look fantastic in a pair of Ropers, love a good time, and are just waitin' for a cowboy to come up and introduce themselves on the dancefloor with a little "Belt-buckle polishin'".

 

You'll have to come on down here and see for yourself sometime. Although, we WILL have to teach you to 'Two-Step'...those 'Pulp Fiction' dance moves won't quite cut it around here.

 

How could I know ? I don't have the original title of every movie, I just thought it sounded like "the young and restless", "bold and beautiful" and what these things, that made me switch the channels, weren't all named...

Pleading ignorance won't save you now, Mask. Besides, wouldn't "the Ugly" at the end of it have tipped you off?

[the_mask]

Ever see the movie, "Can't Hardly Wait"? I just pictured you being like Charlie Korsmo's character from the movie. "I can't feel my legs...I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!!!"

Nope, I just remember Peggy Bundy complaining, that Al once cried that the whole night after the car dropped down on him

 

Ooooh, YEAH!! I DID marry one, after all. Texas women are a whole different breed, let me tell you. They like to hunt, fish, be outdoors, they look fantastic in a pair of Ropers, love a good time, and are just waitin' for a cowboy to come up and introduce themselves on the dancefloor with a little "Belt-buckle polishin'".

Now, if I knew what Ropers were ...

 

You'll have to come on down here and see for yourself sometime. Although, we WILL have to teach you to 'Two-Step'...those 'Pulp Fiction' dance moves won't quite cut it around here.

Now here's the problem. I only walk onto the dancefloor when I'm drunk, but then I'm not good at dancing anymore, hence the P.F. moves, which do not require much coordinated movement

 

Pleading ignorance won't save you now, Mask. Besides, wouldn't "the Ugly" at the end of it have tipped you off?

*sigh* ... there is no emotion ... there is peace ....

Now when does anything in a soap make sense

You got a picture of that movie's cover ? Maybe I'll recognize it then.[/b]

[Texas_Fett]

Nope, I just remember Peggy Bundy complaining, that Al once cried that the whole night after the car dropped down on him

Ah, yes! I remember that episode. Gotta love the Bundy's.

 

Oh, and btw: I'd never intentionally insult anybody here, least of all those I consider close acquaintences. Sorry if I confused ya, buddy. No offense intended.

 

Now, if I knew what Ropers were ...

Jeans...TIGHT fitting, cowgirl-cut jeans. Well, they're also a type of women's cowboy-boot, but they're a brand of jeans common here in Texas.

 

Now here's the problem. I only walk onto the dancefloor when I'm drunk, but then I'm not good at dancing anymore, hence the P.F. moves, which do not require much coordinated movement

See, that's what I thought, too. However, "Two-Steppin'" (a.k.a., "Belt-Buckle Polishin'", from the proximity in which you dance with your partner) is simplicity in itself to begin with, and it is my personal experience that the more adult beverages you consume, the better "Two-Stepper" you become. Well, to a point.

 

Clint Eastwood[/i] we're talking about, Mask"]Now when does anything in a soap make sense

You got a picture of that movie's cover ? Maybe I'll recognize it then.[/b]

How 'bout this:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304698798.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Trejiuvanat]

Hard to belive that you don't know about Spaghetti Western... The very least Ennio Morricone's music should be known to you, it's already a Western stereotype...

[Texas_Fett]

Correction on the Ropers. It occurred to me after I left work yesterday that I must have been smokin' something. Ropers are a brand of cowgirl boots. The tight jeans that go along with the Ropers are a brand called Rockies.

 

Man, I've gotta get more sleep...

[the_mask]

Oh, and btw: I'd never intentionally insult anybody here, least of all those I consider close acquaintences. Sorry if I confused ya, buddy. No offense intended.

let's say, I was rather confused by it. Reading all this in a hurry, I went over it and suddenly halted thinking "Hunh ? Who's a Pelvis ? ... Ah, ok..."

So no offense was taken

 

Correction on the Ropers. It occurred to me after I left work yesterday that I must have been smokin' something. Ropers are a brand of cowgirl boots. The tight jeans that go along with the Ropers are a brand called Rockies.

Well, to quote Zapp Brannigan : you must've been smoking some bad granola

But either way : "rrrrrr, aooooo"

 

See, that's what I thought, too. However, "Two-Steppin'" (a.k.a., "Belt-Buckle Polishin'", from the proximity in which you dance with your partner) is simplicity in itself to begin with, and it is my personal experience that the more adult beverages you consume, the better "Two-Stepper" you become. Well, to a point.

As I wrote earlier somewhere, I once thought I had a conversation, that lasted for hours, but then I was told the next day, that I just stood there with a funny grin, without opening my mouth.

Although that was a party, where I had gotten back some bad grades before and I had a lot to forget...

 

How 'bout this: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304698798.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Ok, a combined google & Amazon search led me to the German title of that Western. Re-translated it would be called "two glorious scoundrels", now pray tell me, how I could relate that to "the good, the bad and ugly"

I called my uncle yesterday about it and we're both positive about it, that he's got that one on tape somewhere. I'll take a look at it.

[Texas_Fett]

let's say, I was rather confused by it. Reading all this in a hurry, I went over it and suddenly halted thinking "Hunh ? Who's a Pelvis ? ... Ah, ok..."

So no offense was taken

And here I thought you were upset that I compared you to Charlie Korsmo.

 

BTW, you did know that "the Pelvis" was a nickname for Elvis Presley, right?

 

Well, to quote Zapp Brannigan : you must've been smoking some bad granola

But either way : "rrrrrr, aooooo"

Down, boy!

 

As I wrote earlier somewhere, I once thought I had a conversation, that lasted for hours, but then I was told the next day, that I just stood there with a funny grin, without opening my mouth.

Although that was a party, where I had gotten back some bad grades before and I had a lot to forget...

Trust me, Mask...you CAN be taught. My first date with my future wife was when she taught me to Two-Step, and now she swears I'm a better dancer once I have a minimum of two beers in my system.

 

Ok, a combined google & Amazon search led me to the German title of that Western. Re-translated it would be called "two glorious scoundrels", now pray tell me, how I could relate that to "the good, the bad and ugly"

I called my uncle yesterday about it and we're both positive about it, that he's got that one on tape somewhere. I'll take a look at it.

That has got to be one of the worst excuses for a translated movie title I have ever seen. Of course, hearing Clint Eastwood's lines dubbed in German would be a hoot, too.

[the_mask]

And here I thought you were upset that I compared you to Charlie Korsmo.

BTW, you did know that "the Pelvis" was a nickname for Elvis Presley, right?

Not at this moment, but I knew, that it was a synonym for a good dancer.

 

Down, boy!

You remember the movie, where my avatar first appeared in ? I was howling in the same way, but didn't smack my head on the table (well, at least not this time).

 

Trust me, Mask...you CAN be taught. My first date with my future wife was when she taught me to Two-Step, and now she swears I'm a better dancer once I have a minimum of two beers in my system.

Umm, did I meantion, that I don't drink beer ?

... ducks ...

So I gotta start with the harder stuff and there's only so much Wodka and Whiskey, that I can take (especially with that foaming powder, which I don't know the english word for right now)...

 

That has got to be one of the worst excuses for a translated movie title I have ever seen. Of course, hearing Clint Eastwood's lines dubbed in German would be a hoot, too.

Now that's just the tip of an iceberg of undertalented translators. There are good ones, but, well ...

The voices are generally very good, though. Clint sounds like he has a very dry throat, the voice fits him perfectly.

Hell, even Steven Segal sounds like a tough guy in the German versions

[Texas_Fett]

Not at this moment, but I knew, that it was a synonym for a good dancer.

{sigh}...we're gonna have to bring you up to speed on American pop-culture, I can see.

 

You remember the movie, where my avatar first appeared in ? I was howling in the same way, but didn't smack my head on the table (well, at least not this time).

Yes, but did you manage to pack your tongue back into your mouth?

 

Umm, did I meantion, that I don't drink beer ?

... ducks ...

So I gotta start with the harder stuff and there's only so much Wodka and Whiskey, that I can take (especially with that foaming powder, which I don't know the english word for right now)...

{smacks forehead}

Mask, Mask, Mask...whatever am I going to do with you? Here you are, living in the Mecca of the beer-brewing world (well, outside of Ireland), and you don't even drink it? At least it's vodka and whiskey you're drinkin'...I'd really have to hurt you if you were chuggin' chick drinks.

 

Now that's just the tip of an iceberg of undertalented translators. There are good ones, but, well ...

Undertalented? The got the title completely wrong! I mean, that's either 'creativly massaging the title' or an indicator that they are functionally illiterate.

 

The voices are generally very good, though. Clint sounds like he has a very dry throat, the voice fits him perfectly.

Hell, even Steven Segal sounds like a tough guy in the German versions

 

Steven Segal sounds like a tough guy? Is that possible? Maybe I should, like, get the english versions with the German subtitles. That way I can compare.

[the_mask]

{sigh}...we're gonna have to bring you up to speed on American pop-culture, I can see.

I knew, that he was called that way, but at this moment I had forgotten about it. This VB programming is starting to give me gray hairs...

 

Yes, but did you manage to pack your tongue back into your mouth?

fure, id juft takef ub morr fpace in my mouf now

 

{smacks forehead}

Mask, Mask, Mask...whatever am I going to do with you? Here you are, living in the Mecca of the beer-brewing world (well, outside of Ireland), and you don't even drink it? At least it's vodka and whiskey you're drinkin'...I'd really have to hurt you if you were chuggin' chick drinks.

It's just too bitter for my taste and I've tried the most of them: Pils, Kölsch, Starkbier and Weizenbier. The Weizen was the only one, that I could be persuaded to drink, if everything else was gone.

Hey, but I also don't eat "Spätzle", although I'm a native Swabian, I'm just an anarchist

Chick drinks ? You mean like Caipirinia, or what they are called ? Nah, the first and last time I tried that I had to let it go through my head again, which never happened before, when I was drinking something.

 

Undertalented? The got the title completely wrong! I mean, that's either 'creativly massaging the title' or an indicator that they are functionally illiterate.

Why do you think I read all my books in the original version, or stopped watching the dubbed episodes of Futurama ? Although Futurama is the most horrible example of out-of-synch translation. But that's another topic.

 

Steven Segal sounds like a tough guy? Is that possible? Maybe I should, like, get the english versions with the German subtitles. That way I can compare.

Yeah, I was looking like this , when I heard his original, higher pitched voice, the first time. Maybe you'll find the (uncut) German DVD of 'Red Alert' 1 or 2, that's the standard voice he gets here.