Friday, June 09, 2006

"Mir sin die wo gwinne wellet!" - "We are the team that wants to win!"

A local radio station in Baden (my home state) has created a very funny comedy about the preparations of the German national soccer team. It is absolutely hilarious and quite amazing that Germans make fun of themselves. "Mir sin die wo gwinne wellet" simply translated means "we are the team that wants to win (the world cup), since somebody had the crazy idea that our team would be ready to go all the way in our home country. Unfortunately there are two caveats:

a. you have to speak German
b. know some of the players or the national coach Juergen Klinsman

The comedy pretends to be a live report from the training camp and training sessions of the German national soccer team and the overall theme is "Klinscamp" (short for Klinsmann, our national coach). He speaks the local dialect and the comedian is doing an awesome job to make it sound as if he would be truly speaking this nonsense himself. Another key character is the captain of the national team, Michael Ballack (a.k.a. "The calf"). He is from the former Eastern Germany and speaks with a little accent, always eager to please the coach. So for all of you Germans follow the link below to check it out. Try "DaKlinsiCode" or "Fuenf Tibeter" for starters ....
Here is the link:

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