Author: Sofia

Prove your courage and …  … stand with a bundle of 1000-mark notes in hand at Duisburg main station  … wear a T-shirt with the inscription ‘skin the bulls flat as Stullen’ at the next large-scale demonstration  . .. calls in the turmoil of the Düsseldorf Carnival once loud ‘Kölle […]

A farmer (B) sits in the pub and pours himself. If his buddy (K) comes in and asks him: “Hey, why are you sitting here in broad daylight and eating yourself?”  B (lolling): “Some things just can not be explained …”  K: “What have you experienced?”  B (continuing to drink): “Today […]

A limousine driver should Pope Benedict XVI. pick up from the airport. Having stowed away all the Pope’s luggage (and that’s not all), he realizes that Ratzi is still not in the car and addresses him: “Excuse me, Your Holiness, would you care to get in the car? set so we can go? […]

In the beginning was Aristotle, and dormant objects tended to rest, and moving objects tended to settle. Soon all the objects came to rest and God saw that this was boring.  Then God created Newton, and resting objects tended to rest, but moving objects tended to keep moving, and energy was […]

Once upon a time there was a man who loved eating boiled beans. He loved her, but unfortunately they always had such an unpleasant and somehow “living” effect on him.  One day he met a girl and fell in love with her. When they later wanted to marry, he thought, “She will […]

An ancient legend tells that many years ago, parrots and cockatoos, despite being close relatives and living in the same forest, got along very badly. Nobody remembered the reason for the conflict, but the fact is that they could not see each other and often there were very disagreeable arguments and […]

Many years ago, in a very distant kingdom, lived a widowed king with his beloved sons the princes Luis, Jaime and Alberto. The boys were triplets and looked very much physically: the three had eyes of an almost violet blue, the skin white, the hair waved to the shoulders, and […]

At the worst moment of my family, the fifth-grade girl knew exactly what to do. I am not a religious person, in any sense of the word. However, I consider myself incredibly spiritual and if I had to label my beliefs, I would say that kindness is my religion. I […]

It tells an old story that many years ago, deep in the jungle of Ecuador, lived a different toad to the other toads of the world because it had a peculiarity: if someone bothered or mocked him, he became a tiger and attacked mercilessly. Only a few elders claimed to […]

This is the small and moving story of an African boy who one day knew the fate, but lost it for missing his word. Seetetelané, that was his name, was twenty years old and very poor. He lived alone in a hut and fed on small animals that he caught […]

There was once a monkey and a turtle that got along great and were very good friends. They formed a peculiar couple that attracted attention wherever they went, but belonging to different species had never been a problem for them. Their friendship was sincere and based on mutual respect. Well, […]

Little Doofi: Big-smarthead, you know so much. Which animals are allowed on the bus? Gross-Schlaukopf: That depends on the bus company, Little Doofi. In general, you can bring pets, unless they bother or endanger passengers – the latter is especially true for dogs. Cats, birds and small animals must be […]

Pensioner Else Schulz from Essen loved Internet forums for amateur detectives. However, her computer skills were just surfing the net and emailing, so she had to content herself with quiet reading. She had asked her grandson Nico to show her how to register and post, but all he had said […]