In the ultra-stereotyped world of Germany’s Spiegel Magazine, the three most common words used to describe anything going on in America are “Fiasko,” “Debakel,” and “Bizarr.” As it happens, on rare occasions, “bizarr” things happen in Germany, too. In my last post I described the fine anti-nuclear posing of that country’s activist peacocks. Well, according to Spiegel, another rare bird has just outdone them all. Author and TV moderator Charlotte Roche has just offered to jump in the sack with Christian Wulff, president of the Federal Republic, if only he will refrain from signing a law to keep Germany’s nuclear power plants on line. Apparently her husband has agreed to the deal, and Charlotte has assured the President that, ” I have tattoos,” just like his wife. So far no one has reported seeing Wulff rushing to the drugstore to stock up on Viagra, but a commenter on the article demonstrates that the good, old German spirit isn’t dead:
Super! Now the President can show what kind of balls he really has by 1) Accepting the agreement, and 2) then signing the law anyway.
