Jetzt bin ich ein Bayer

[Stumpy Pepys]

So, a bit of good news for the day—just picked up my German citizenship. I guess I'll have to pretend to get excited about white asparagus now.

I believe this is nearly the appropriate soundtrack for the occasion:

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

Congratulations. I am very jealous.

[Diable Rouge]

Einfach klasse, Stumpy, to give my rusty Junior Cert Deutsch an airing!

[San Bernardhinault]

Congratulation, Stumpy. When you discover what the point of white asparagus is, be sure to tell us.

[ursus arctos]

As I no doubt have said before, it can be genuinely decent when very fresh and is otherwise an adequate sauce delivery system.

[JVL]

I lived in Walldorf, home of the annual Spargelmarkt, for over a decade. I never learned to love white asparagus quite as much as, well, pretty much everyone else in the town, but it's not all bad. Spargelschnapps, however, was something I vowed never to try again. Absolutely rank.

Anyway, congratulations! I would have done the same, had we not hightailed it out over the Atlantic last year...

[San Bernardhinault]

I don't think I've ever had an experience where green asparagus wouldn't do the job better

[Capybara]

Congratulations. I am very jealous.

Seconded.

[Del Usory]

Ausgezeichnet!

[Alderman Barnes]

Willkommen an Bord!

[treibeis]

Asparagus of any hue all about smelly widdle, isn't it?

Congratulations, Stumpy Pepys. Although your joy may be short-lived. I reckon there's going to be a Bavarexit by the time I turn sixty.

Should I ever get round to defecting, I'm going to insist on a name and birthplace of my choice on my ID card. My current favourites are Per Rohde and Bremerhaven.

[ursus arctos]

Depends on the genetics of the widdler and those in proximity to him/her.

How many Brexit-related nationality changes have we now?

[treibeis]

Depends on the genetics of the widdler and those in proximity to him/her.

I don"t know any asparagus-eaters who don't revel in the stench of their post-dinner piss. Not one.

[Duncan Gardner]

How many Brexit-related nationality changes have we now?

+1

So gut schmeckt spargel (mit roggenklotz?)

[Del Usory]

Asparagus of any hue all about smelly widdle, isn't it?

Congratulations, Stumpy Pepys. Although your joy may be short-lived. I reckon there's going to be a Bavarexit by the time I turn sixty.

Should I ever get round to defecting, I'm going to insist on a name and birthplace of my choice on my ID card. My current favourites are Per Rohde and Bremerhaven.

Has this morphed into one of those genetic freak threads?

You know.

The ones who can roll their tongue?

The slap head freaks?

The MPB people?

RG colour blindness?

It's looking suspicioisus like eugenics.

[Del Usory]

Fuck ofF and die, autocorrect.

Suspiciously.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Seconded.

Thirded. Would you like to adopt a 43 year old son? I'm largely house trained and I (almost) always get my round in.

[Sits]

Yes congrats Stumpy.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Congratulations. Add me to the list of those who are jealous.

[Alderman Barnes]

I don"t know any asparagus-eaters who don't revel in the stench of their post-dinner piss. Not one.

Beelitzer Spargel is the stuff. I piss green and stinky the whole season. It's the taste of springtime.

[Gerontophile]

Best wishes Stumpy, and congratulations. Remember to vote blindly for Britain in the Eurovision Song contest.

[imp]

Nice - congratulations, stumpy. We should have a Converted Germans otfathon sometime. I got mine on Jan. 18th. - mentioned on the Brexit thread for those who dare venture in there. I envisioned the whole family coming down to watch me get sworn in, then cracking open some beers outside in front of the registry office, wearing the bootlegged green Götze shirt I wore while watching the 2014 World Cup final. However, the only time allotted to take the oath was Monday mornings between 7.30-11am, so that put the skids on that idea. The first thing I ended up doing as a German was to spend two hours in the dental chair having old fillings sawn out of the back of my mouth...

[treibeis]

Nice - congratulations, stumpy. We should have a Converted Germans otfathon sometime.

Ooh, hark at him. "Converted Germans only". Ja, ne, dann bleiben wir unter uns, ne.

Well, bollocks to you, I wouldn't want to fucking come anyway. What, watching you lot sitting around in your mustard-coloured corduroy slacks and your collared shirts under your crew-neck sweaters, talking about your Bausparverträge, taking three hours to drink two small beers and then getting separate bills? Fuck off. I'd rather have a can of Elephant outside the Hauptbahnhof on my own.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Noch eins, Herr treibeis.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Congrats, remember to BOYCOTT the Eurovision Song Contest...

Funny business this brexit-related nationality stuff: two Wolves poly peers, hugely hostile to ‘bourgeois marriage’ got married in Agen to guarantee they/their kids could stay put; pal who moved to Weinheim, took German citizenship, has just taken Irish passport, too- tho he’s the orangest person I know...

Second orangest (more cultural/historical than the Wohnheimer hexe, who is genuinely right wing) who is from Greenock, has just posted Facebook pics waving his green passport

Theres a lot of it about