It's me for you and euphemism!

[captainsblog]

If you listened to Wait Wait over this past weekend, you heard Tom Bodett dancing around a fairly delicate subject. The Bluff the Listener segment (click that then scroll down) was about unusual signs of support from one beleagured party to another; Tom's story, the true one, involved two towns near the Austro-German border who have a bit of a problem with English-speaking tourists. The Austrian town's name- a perfectly fine and clean one in their native, um, tongue- was referred to throughout the broadcast as "When Two People Really Love Each Other," while its German counterpart came across in Tom's story as "Pleasuring Oneself."  The bloody tourists keep embarrassing them by stopping to get their pictures taken in front of the town markers.

A quick scan of Teh Interwebs led to the actual towns in question; this woman's blog and this related site provided the helpful signage:


  



Despite the presence on the show of no fewer than five professional comedians (six if you count Carl), the comeback of the day came from the amateur caller who guessed right but also (sorry) nailed the subject matter perfectly:

"I think that if Mark Sanford had visited one town instead of the other, he'd be in less trouble."

They also had an unrelated bit about Starbucks trying to get their baristas to work faster by making them assemble Mr. Potato Heads for speed.  At least I hope that's unrelated.

Comments

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder what American towns make some other nationality snicker and elbow each other.

[bluevicksen11.livejournal.com]

Yes! That guy was brilliant!!

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

I love it!

I read about the Starbucks thing. I couldn't care less if my barista can put together a Mr. Potato Head; can he get the right amount of chocolate in my mocha? I'm willing to wait.