


The others – How is it to be alive? – Hm. Quite normal. You work or sleep or eat or are on the loo or on whatsapp or shopping. – That sounds boring. – Yes, yes. But if I have enough discount stamps, I get a set of pots for free.
Texte und Bilder /// Texts and Images



The others – How is it to be alive? – Hm. Quite normal. You work or sleep or eat or are on the loo or on whatsapp or shopping. – That sounds boring. – Yes, yes. But if I have enough discount stamps, I get a set of pots for free.

Im Anfang war sich Gott noch nicht sicher, welche Form er dem Menschen geben sollte. Am Ende wurde es irgendwas dazwischen.
First Draft – In the beginning God was not sure what shape to give to man. In the end it was something in between.
Wer war eigentlich unter den Soziologiepäpsten der Nachfolger von Max II. Weber?
Question, not relevant to the examination – Who was actually the successor of Max II Weber among the sociology popes?




New: Child Suit – Never again carry children in unhealthy posture. – With the Child Suit Velcro suit. – Safe in every situation. – Also suitable for grandchildren.
Ich habe kein facebook, kein Instagram, kein twitter, kein netflix, kein snapchat, bin kein Gamer, habe kein I-Phone, keine cloud und es gibt sicher noch viel mehr Spielzeug, das ich auch nicht habe. Dafür habe ich Rücken- und Knieschmerzen, damit wenigstens ich jeden Tag daran erinnert werde, dass ich ein alter Sack bin. Die anderen werden es ja nie erfahren.
Being self-sufficient – I’m not on facebook, not on Instagram, not on twitter, not on netflix, not on snapchat, I am not a gamer, I do not have an I-Phone, no cloud and there are certainly many more toys I do not have either. But I have back and knee pain, so at least I am reminded every day that I’m an old geezer. The others will never know.
Erschienen / published in Titanic 7/2019



The others – Why are you making telephone calls all the time? – I sell people things they do not need. – Why? – So they want more. – That I do not understand. – Then you should immediately get our new online tutorial for only 7.99 a month.

Night owl



The others – Why are you under my bed? – I live here. – Don’t you have your own bed? – In fifteen years I will have paid off the credit for this place. Then I rent it and move under a larger bed.

When architects build a joke
Letztens in der U-Bahn saß neben mir ein junger Mann mit einem Dutzend Exemplaren einer Gratiszeitung in der Hand, die er eine nach der anderen schnell durchblätterte, um sogleich wieder von vorne zu beginnen. Ich musste dann bald aussteigen, weshalb ich nie erfahren werde, ob der Mann ein vergesslicher Schnellleser oder doch nur plemplem war.
Uncertain – Recently in the subway next to me sat a young man with a dozen copies of a free newspaper in his hand, which he quickly flipped through one after the other, to start immediately again from the beginning. I had to get out soon, so I’ll never know if the man was a forgetful quick reader or just plain foolish.