Misunderstanding in the sheet metal | Luxembourg word
At home, my wife and I share a lot of tasks – the spring visit to the control station in Sandweiler falls into my area of responsibility. Even though I haven’t had my own car for seven years – I exchanged it for a bike. Fairyly, however, I have to admit: I have a bus stop in sight, also a car sharing subscription, and both my mother and my wife generously borrow your vehicles if necessary. So I don’t have to fear stranding somewhere outside of bike paths.
This time my appointment at the control station falls on a Friday afternoon, shortly before the end of the day. The mood is solved accordingly. After almost 15 minutes, the friendly controller brings me back the car and says: « Everything ok, just for information: déi viisch plaque sens Net méi a so guddem zive stand. »
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What else he says goes by somehow passing me – I see brake discs already worn out in my mind. « Oh, thank you », I say and cannot help me a small tip: with my wife it would just be a little more stressed, she also drives a little … The controller looks at me without understanding. No nod, no smile. Nothing. Then it dawns: « Plaquen » does not mean the brake discs – but the front license plate.
Lesson learned: I shouldn’t blaspheme about my wife.
It is actually slightly dented. And the black letters begin to break away from the yellow background. And I suspect such a vague: wasn’t it even there? Wasn’t that myself? Not my wife.
What should I say? Lesson learned: I shouldn’t blaspheme about my wife. And certainly not when I’m to blame myself.
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The “gazettchen” is an informal column in which the authors legally tell about their everyday experiences or even give an insight into their thoughts. This has a long tradition: On December 3, 1946, an opinion with the title « Today » appears for the first time at the top of the side left on the first local side in the « Luxemburger Word ». On January 13, 1971, the « Gazettchen », which has been extremely popular with readers, then became the « gazette », which has kept its Premium-Platz in Luxembourg’s top-class daily newspaper to this day and across all layout.
