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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
To lighten the mood - a minor bit of humour:
Explaining the empty sausage shelves at the local supermarket, one shopper said "it's for the wurst case scenario".
By the way, the Germans (nor any European country), have a comparable expression for "when the shit hits the fan".
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The version I heard of this was from one of my RAF FB pages (one of the RAF stations in Germany).
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Germans are preparing for the crisis and are all panic buying and hoarding Sausages and Cheese...
That sounds like the Wurst Käse scenario....
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The nearest German equivalent to "
the shit hits the fan" is "
Jetzt haben wir den Salat" (“Now we have the salad”) - things are so bad they are reduced to eating salads. (not a literal translation our phrase, more of an equivalent feeling (things are really bad)) - this was told to me by one of my German civvy co-workers in the early 80s.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Social Policy contact confirmed that they are hoping to do something for those in receipt of free school meals if/when this happens. Scotland already confirmed this.
Ex colleague tells me that DWP now considering concentrating on making payments only and suspending all other duties.
Friend in Poland says there are tanks on the streets.
Germany says they will "do whatever it takes to beat this".
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Can we keep the scare-mongering to a minimum, please?
If we have corroboration for this sort stuff, fair enough, but otherwise it is just spreading frightening rumours.