Why should Germans be the only ones having this kind of fun Fellow citizens of the United States I nominate Wyoming
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you- the Bielefeld Conspiracy
You shouldn’t spread this kind of nonsense. Non-German followers may believe that Bielefeld actually exists.
the oldest yet biggest german meme
I had a friend in high school who insisted Mountain Time was a conspiracy. She didn’t know anyone from Mountain Time or in Mountain Time, nothing she bought or owned was made in Mountain Time, and she declared it was just a cover for the government to spend millions on the “rocky mountains” without accountability. By the end of junior year we all used “Mountain Time” as shorthand for something that shouldn’t exist, or that should exist and didn’t, like, “Oh no man, I forgot to do my homework, it’s in Mountain Time.”
In 1987 or so, I started claiming this to be the case with Portugal. So, the Portugese had a reputation for piracy. (Or perhaps privateering.) And my theory is: It was the Spanish, and then they wanted a cover story.
spain: Oh, no, your ships weren’t raided by Spanish ships. It was the Portugese.
everyone else: They spoke Spanish.
spain: haha, no. They were speaking Portugese. It just sounds like Spanish.
everyone else: Where exactly is this “Portugal” then?
spain: oh, it’s… uhm… between us and the ocean. Just a little strip of land. You’d hardly notice it if it weren’t for all the pirates.
everyone else: that sounds fake but okay. (updates maps)I’ve since been informed by people whose native language is probably Spanish or maybe Portugese that this sounds pretty likely.
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#unreality cw #storytime #I didn’t actually laugh aloud but it still amused me enough to reblog
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