• Tonuka@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    that pun doesn’t work in german. it’s about good friday where catholics are only allowed to eat fish (look at the left)

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      3 days ago

      “Muschi” works for both in German, although it probably a bit antiquated by now. The question is though, if that was also the case back then.

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        2 days ago

        Yes my grandpa was calling my grandma muschi all the time in the sense of kitty. Was too funny.

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          1 day ago

          The politician Stoiber called his wife “Muschi” publicly too.

          Only thing I remember about him other than his famous Transrapid speech.