Toiletship Rücksichtslos

[Dave Monroe]

"'How lucky you English are to find the toilet so amusing. For us, it
is a mundane and functional item. For you it is the basis of an entire
culture.'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/four_private.shtml

Toiletship
448; aka Rücksichtslos (German: "inconsiderate" or "ruthless");
Swinemünde to Helgoland, 450; "a wind tunnel's all it is. If tensor
analysis is good enough for turbulence, it ought to be good enough for
history" 451

http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=T

 Life is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder
A Study of German National Character through Folklore

By Alan Dundes
Published 1989
Pages: 174

Subjects: German Studies , Fairy Tales and Folklore Studies
Publisher: Columbia University Press

Paper - 9780814320389
Price: $19.95s

Life Is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder was first published in 1984 and
from the outset inspired a wide variety of reactions ranging from high
praise to utter disgust. Alan Dundes' theses identifies a strong anal
erotic element in German national character, citing numerous examples
of scatological data from authentic compilations of German folklore.
The examination of this single trait of German character is used to
demonstrate that national character exists and that its existence is
unambiguously documented by the folklore of a nation. Dundes is of the
opinion that the use of folkloristic data minimizes subjective bias in
the study of national character, since unedited or uncensored, it
constitutes a unique way of looking at a culture from the inside-out
rather than from the outside-in, the more typical situation of an
outside observer trying to understand a foreign culture.

Published by Columbia University Press

http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/143/Life-is-Like-a-Chicken-Coop-Ladder