Shawn Maeder, they do. Though it's actually "das ist mir wurscht". As in "das ist me egal". Whether they actually don't care or just pretend not to is debatable.
Shawn, it is true, we Germans do say it to declare that we don't care. I once read up on the origin of this saying and learned that it is used when it does not matter one way or the other, just like it does not matter if you start cutting a sausage into slices from the left end or the right end. Both ends are the same.
Don't be tempted to find a similar picture using Scotch eggs or you'll have John down in your neck of the woods in no time, expecting a veritable feast of them.
You can never have too much sausage !
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DeleteJokes about German sausage are the wurst.
ReplyDeleteDemonstrably true.
DeleteOh, Rachel, that was so funny! I had never hard it before, and I laughed out loud.
DeleteBut beware of the sausages in the picture. They seem to lead to the development of a unibrow (see baby).
I'm used to a bit more than that ...... child's play !!!! XXXX
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DeleteYou're a bit loaded sir with all those bags, I'll just tuck the liver sausage in your belt..
ReplyDeleteI've employed that trick myself, but it only leads to disappointment.
DeleteI can't quite make out if the sausage is going in or coming out.
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DeleteBoth ends.
DeleteThat child does not look ebtirely happy. Too much Wurst, too little choice? "Das ist mir Wurst".
ReplyDeleteIt could have been worse (or wurst).
DeleteDo Germans really say this to mean I don't care?
DeleteShawn Maeder, they do. Though it's actually "das ist mir wurscht". As in "das ist me egal". Whether they actually don't care or just pretend not to is debatable.
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Shawn, it is true, we Germans do say it to declare that we don't care. I once read up on the origin of this saying and learned that it is used when it does not matter one way or the other, just like it does not matter if you start cutting a sausage into slices from the left end or the right end. Both ends are the same.
DeleteDon't be tempted to find a similar picture using Scotch eggs or you'll have John down in your neck of the woods in no time, expecting a veritable feast of them.
ReplyDeleteHe could play that scene in 'Cool Hand Luke', but with added meat.
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