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The History of "Schleim"
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Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:43:34 GMT
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There is a whole lot of “schleiming” goin’ on, and I thought it might be nice to
let the rest of LUGNET in on the joke!
It all started years ago with a picture. I don’t recall the exact picture it
was, but it was one similar to this one:
http://brickshelf.com/gallery/wrw/Germany-Trip/german-afols.jpg
Notice what we have here-- 3 Germans wearing T-shirts with the word “Snot” on
them. Now, if you are an AFOL then you probably “get it”-- they are referring
to the building technique “Studs Not On Top”. Now I thought this a little
odd, since these were Germans advertising an English acronym. How strange they
might be received if they wore those shirts to an English speaking country!
When I learned that some of these Germans would be attending BrickFest PDX, I
became very excited and wanted to make them feel welcome, so I decided to make
up my own T-shirts bearing the same word for “snot”, but rather in German!
This is where things go slightly awry. Not knowing the German word for “snot”,
I foolishly consulted the Babelfish translator. I punched in the word “snot”,
and got “snot”. No good there. Then I tried “booger”. Got “booger” back
in return. Rats. Okay, how about “mucus”? Babelfish triumphantly produced
“schleim”, and the rest is history. But wait. After having a good laugh about
the shirts, I was informed by the Germans that the proper translation should
have been the German word “Rotz”, but Babelfish doesn’t know a rotz from Derek’s
mother, and so the Schleim (pronounced Schlime, as in “slime”), er, stuck.
And now you know the rest of the story!
So Schleim on, my friends, and if you’d like to procure a “schleim” T-shirt for
yourself, keep an eye on the market NG in the next few days as I will be making
some available for purchase.
Scheim Godt,
JOHN
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: The History of "Schleim"
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| Hello and hahaha! Schleim is the perfekt translation for "snot" as snot is a schleimig (adj) matter. (...) So, being one of the guys in the original SNOT-picture (at the rightmost from viewer's point of view) I should get one for free, shoud I not? (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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