When authorities still considered themselves to be immutable, it was truly no pleasure for a child to be disobedient.
Ear Wash Race
Recently on the train from Regensburg to Landshut. There were only a few passengers in the compartment and the mood was relaxed. A young boy liked it so much that he put his feet on the opposite bench. Out of sheer comfort, however, he didn’t notice that the conductor was approaching. And he promptly saw himself forced to take an educational measure: “Let your thighs down, otherwise there will be an ear wash.”
The strict conductor used a term that was already in use in 1861 Freising weekly newspaper was to read. The ear wash is generally known as a folk expression for the ear. The word Waschl, on the other hand, is used in Bavarian variably, for example to express the amazement at a large head of lettuce: “For God’s sake, that’s a Waschl!” A wash is also useful when whitening. In this case, this is a brush used to wash the paint onto the wall. Even a simpleton is sometimes referred to as a wash.
When Markus Söder was still Minister of Finance, the cabaret artist Luise Kinseher introduced him to the Nockherberg as “Prince Charles from the CSU”, “just with nicer ears”. In terms of shape, they would actually be well suited for an ear wash race (rennats). When school children were still being spanked, teachers and pastors often gave them a set of hot ears as punishment. To do this, they placed their hands flat on the left and right ears of the children and moved them back and forth very quickly, which had very painful consequences for the victims. Gerhard Polt also experienced this as a boy and therefore knows from his own experience: “Then the ear cups are fully illuminated.”
narrow-chested
Colleague O. recently went bowling with a few friends to relax. But then one of the comrades didn’t want to go, which is why he had to listen to the accusation: “Const koa ball over there, Schmoibrustanderl?” When you think of a narrow-chested boy, you have to imagine a narrow-chested youth who you don’t think is physically capable of much. Often such fellows have to listen to taunts, but wrongly. “The Lahm is more of a narrow-chested fellow,” cabaret artist Monika Gruber slandered the former Bayern Munich captain. Nevertheless, the narrow-chested footballer became world champion. A Narrow Breasted Andersl is a Krischperl. A well-fed thug once had to answer before the jury chamber at the Munich I district court. He defended himself by arguing that he was afraid of his victim. Which the judge didn’t buy, because the victim had been a Krischperl. Anderl is a variation of the given name Andreas. The overweight bobsledder Anderl Ostler (1921-1988), who became Olympic champion, showed that not every Anderl is a narrow-chested Otherl.