Silence
Funny German translation of an English title #27: The American TV show Murder, She Wrote, which is about a middle-aged female detective, becomes Mord ist ihr Hobby (Murder is her hobby), which sounds like she kills people the way others collect records or play tennis.
I was in a bookstore on Friedrichstrasse today, looking for some German DVDs to take back to NZ, when an announcement was made on the intercom: "Dear customers, please observe a worldwide three minutes' silence for the victims of the tsunami in Asia. Thank you."
It was like someone had zapped everyone with a stun-gun. Everybody not only shut-up, but froze in their tracks and barely moved a muscle for the full three minutes. Touching, but I don't know - isn't donating money for the still-living more helpful? Oh well.
After resuming motion, my visiting English friend and I went for a coffee. I'm going to miss the coffees in funky Berlin cafes, chatting on old sofas in the hazy, smoke-filled air, surrounded by cool artwork and music.
I was in a bookstore on Friedrichstrasse today, looking for some German DVDs to take back to NZ, when an announcement was made on the intercom: "Dear customers, please observe a worldwide three minutes' silence for the victims of the tsunami in Asia. Thank you."
It was like someone had zapped everyone with a stun-gun. Everybody not only shut-up, but froze in their tracks and barely moved a muscle for the full three minutes. Touching, but I don't know - isn't donating money for the still-living more helpful? Oh well.
After resuming motion, my visiting English friend and I went for a coffee. I'm going to miss the coffees in funky Berlin cafes, chatting on old sofas in the hazy, smoke-filled air, surrounded by cool artwork and music.
posted by Shona @ 1:23 PM
5 Comments:
At January 5, 2005 at 4:55 PM,
petite said…
Murder, She wrote was called 'Arabesque' in France.
I have no idea why!
At January 6, 2005 at 9:54 AM,
Vivi said…
We had the same thing happen in Carrefour yesterday. All you could hear was the hum of the frozen food section. Some people still moved around quietly, but we had stopped. It was surreal!
At January 6, 2005 at 11:07 PM,
spydrz said…
I'm pretty sure that Murder, She Wrote is an American show...
At January 7, 2005 at 1:58 PM,
Shona said…
It is an American show. When I said English I meant the language.
At January 7, 2005 at 2:05 PM,
Shona said…
Oops, just saw I wrote British. Must have been thinking of Miss Marple...
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