Most of the people I meet in Duesseldorf assure me that the Left Party ('Die Linke') are scheming Communists who are just slavering to force us all into agricultural collectives. Or at least slap an outrageous tax on yacht wax. However, my neighborhood is an exception: in fact, the Left Party held its election eve party at a bar right across the street from where I live. And look what I found on my mail slot yesterday:
At first, I was touched at the personal attention. But then I thought to myself: "Hmm... there's something wrong here. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something just doesn't add up..." And then it struck me: "I'm a foreigner! I'm not even allowed to vote in Germany!" And yet here comes the Red Guard, hanging a placard from my very own mail slot encouraging ordering me to "Go Vote on Sunday!" I couldn't help seeing this as a not-so-veiled threat. Somehow, foreigner, by hook or by crook, you'd better go vote Communist on Sunday...or else.
They're completely shameless, these cadres. And you can hardly call it an innocent mistake: after all, who in their right mind would think "A. Hammel" might be a German name?
> Most of the people I meet in Duesseldorf assure me
> that the Left Party ('Die Linke') are scheming Communists
Actually, they are, though some have other plans, while the rest are plainly cynical,as Messrs. Lafontaine and Gysi, commie millionaires extraordinaires. Thank God for that. Wait, make that an al-hamdulillah.
Posted by: M. Möhling | October 10, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Well, I for one feel that my yacht wax is expensive enough as it is, thank you very much.
I think this should definitely be at the top of the list of concerns to be dealt with by Schwarz-Gelb.
Posted by: J. Carter Wood | September 28, 2009 at 03:30 PM
Must be all those Americans and Brits out there, everybody knows they don't have a sense of humor. Those muttons!
Posted by: Volker | September 28, 2009 at 02:15 PM
Yes! This is officially the most-hated post I have ever created. So far, 3 people gave it a "1-star" rating. The result is that a single red star hung beneath the post. I decided to give myself a 5 just to make things sporting. But perhaps the throngs of outraged readers will drag it back down to "1" before long. That's the spirit!
Posted by: Andrew | September 28, 2009 at 02:03 PM
I suppose "Andreas Hammel" could very well be a German name ;)
The online phonebook e.g. holds roughly 1200 entries of people with the "Hammel" surname.
I very much doubt all of those are foreingners as well
Posted by: nitpicker | September 28, 2009 at 01:54 PM
We had the same sort of thing on our mail box, except it was the CDU candidate and the thing had glue of some sort on the backside.
Posted by: Aaron Strontsman | September 28, 2009 at 11:10 AM