I love this one. It reminds me of how when the Euros were on and there was a match in Dusseldorf, as my Duolingo lessons have taught me that Dorf means village, I checked to find out what Dussel meant. A blockhead, a dunce, etc. Dusseldorf is the village of fools? But no, it's all in the umlaut over the u in Dussel. Dussel, with an umlaut (Substack doesn't like accents?) is the name of a river, just like Rammel. And the only blockhead was me!
Congratulations Charles. Witty and well-constructed as usual with its sting in the tail / tale.
I love this one. It reminds me of how when the Euros were on and there was a match in Dusseldorf, as my Duolingo lessons have taught me that Dorf means village, I checked to find out what Dussel meant. A blockhead, a dunce, etc. Dusseldorf is the village of fools? But no, it's all in the umlaut over the u in Dussel. Dussel, with an umlaut (Substack doesn't like accents?) is the name of a river, just like Rammel. And the only blockhead was me!