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/hotlinked because that's a punk thing to do

You know all those poolside lounge chairs people put a towel on to "reserve" at 8am and then go up and sleep until noon?

I fill a squirt gun with bear piss and I spray every chair and towel left unattended.

do not, I repeat, DO NOT fall for the 'Showertime- everyone this way" bit

Control_this: You know all those poolside lounge chairs people put a towel on to "reserve" at 8am and then go up and sleep until noon?

I fill a squirt gun with bear piss and I spray every chair and towel left unattended.

How hard is it to get the bear to piss into the squirt gun?

It's Summer Vacation for Hitler and Germany!

Hence the Name...: do not, I repeat, DO NOT fall for the 'Showertime- everyone this way" bit

Haha, what a gasser.

Homer_J_Fong: Hence the Name...: do not, I repeat, DO NOT fall for the 'Showertime- everyone this way" bit

Haha, what a gasser.

Finally got that, after some heavy concentration

/I'll send Fark a great Hell postcard

/hotlinked

What's wrong with having a new resort destination? Sure, the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet. But that doesn't mean they should deny themselves a sweet vacation spot.

After having seen Mauthausen and Berlin's Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, I'm not sure I would like to see what Hitler built as a distraction for the Nazi conscience. Mein Herr, you've had a very productive week at Bergen-Belsen, please, come enjoy a weekend at Prora on the Furor!

Hitler was a demon, but he was a human as well. It bears reminding that any person could be capable of such monstrosity.

/Ich vermisse nicht.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: What's wrong with having a new resort destination? Sure, the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet. But that doesn't mean they should deny themselves a sweet vacation spot.

I don't think that skeleton is still in the closet. It's more like out on display in the front yard next to the sunlounger and luxury car

blkhwk86: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: What's wrong with having a new resort destination? Sure, the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet. But that doesn't mean they should deny themselves a sweet vacation spot.

I don't think that skeleton is still in the closet. It's more like out on display in the front yard next to the sunlounger and luxury car

Well yeah, I see your point. But Germany should not be such a fun ...Nazi, and actually have some.

Went on vacation recently to mexico. The trend is spreading. I went out at 8:30 after 3 days of not getting a decent spot, and they were all already gone.

What the heck. Met an english couple who had the same problem. We kept looking for the germans but none were to be found....

I doubt the sauna would be a popular destination, especially for the jewish community.

schattenteufel: I doubt the sauna would be a popular destination, especially for the jewish community.

Teh funnie

I love the "retro" motto for the camp fun zone:


Enjoy the ash baths!

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: ...the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet.

Let's see, 6 million times 206 bones in each skeleton:

Sorry, it's the first thing I thought of.

gimpols1908: Went on vacation recently to mexico. The trend is spreading. I went out at 8:30 after 3 days of not getting a decent spot, and they were all already gone.

What the heck. Met an english couple who had the same problem. We kept looking for the germans but none were to be found....

Why don't more people just throw the towels aside?

Yeah that's one weird place.

Not only did they build a completely austere without significant balconies- and you're facing the beach!- but the building is a blocks-long monolithic wall that cuts the beach off from the rest of the world and vice versa.

And it's HUGE...

Has somebody been keeping this thing up? The roof looks in good shape. From the "urban archeologist" web pages I've noted how badly even concrete buildings can decay over the years. The difficult thing to picture is, due to the massive size, simply maintaining it against decay, redoing the roof, would take a LOT of money, yet there's zero income from it.

Johnny Chicago: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: ...the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet.

Let's see, 6 million times 206 bones in each skeleton:

Sorry, it's the first thing I thought of.

Yes 6 mil > 11 mil. But forget about the Russian people. plus 10 mil soldiers.

I'll have a magnum of the KrystalNacht please!

Broz_Tito: Johnny Chicago: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: ...the Nazi thing will always be a skeleton in Germany's closet.

Let's see, 6 million times 206 bones in each skeleton:

Sorry, it's the first thing I thought of.

Yes 6 mil > 11 mil. But forget about the Russian people. plus 10 mil soldiers.

\checks his watch...

"Nope didn't take long for whose holocaust worse pissing contest to start."

gimpols1908: Went on vacation recently to mexico. The trend is spreading. I went out at 8:30 after 3 days of not getting a decent spot, and they were all already gone.

What the heck. Met an english couple who had the same problem. We kept looking for the germans but none were to be found....

Germans are, by and large, total pricks.

My Body outranks ANYONE's Towel.

I'm not suggesting a free-for all, but screw you if the pool is empty except for a bunch of towels. I *will* throw your towel in the pool. Enjoy your lie-in and big liesurely breakfast.

/Why do the english always have to be the ones to straighten out the germans?

rubi_con_man: /Why do the english always have to be the ones to straighten out the germans?

The Germans rarely throw in the towel.

/it wasn't over when they bombed Pearl Harbor.

Oznog

It says in TFA that until 1990 it was used by the DDR military. Not that they have a history of keeping things spick and span but I'm guessing they did regular maintenance

rubi_con_man:

Germans are, by and large, total pricks.

How many have you actualy met?

Having lived in Germany for two years I can tell you that Germans are, by and large, kind, friendly, generous and good natured. Most of the younger ones also have a sense of humour about ww2.

/Yes, Germans, with a sense of humour.

Type40: rubi_con_man:

Germans are, by and large, total pricks.

How many have you actualy met?

Having lived in Germany for two years I can tell you that Germans are, by and large, kind, friendly, generous and good natured.

/Yes, Germans, with a sense of humour.

Completely agree...have had some travel snafus and people have gone out of their way to be friendly.

I don't think its right that you call them "Bi" and "Large" though. That was little over the top....

I keed, I keed

sorry it is the only WWII thing i have, however yes German people are nice and very friendly. guter Tag meine deutschen Freunde!!!!

Type40: Having lived in Germany for two years I can tell you that Germans are, by and large, kind, friendly, generous and good natured. Most of the younger ones also have a sense of humour about ww2.

Having lived in germany for seven years when I was in the military, I can tell you this; German girls love American dick, especially in the butt. German men are arrogant jerks, and german holidaymakers are the worst of the lot. Backpackers are fine, but those who go in for luxury resorts are just screaming corksuckers.

also, 1:00 pm means farking 1:00 pm. It doesn't mean "everyone get there at 12:45". Granted that's better than italy, where it means 3:30. A 1:00 pm bus should be there until 1:01, not rolling away from the curb at 12:59.

Hey, what do you do when you commit a war crime by killing hundreds of people by firing on a passenger liner full of civillians?

Make a medal, of course :



/Maybe they'll make a centenial edition?

Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

Yes, I heard about this place... impressive in scale but Jesus, what god-awful uninviting architecture. Looks more like a giant prison block than a resort. And in the Baltic! They could at least have waited to annex somewhere sunny, maybe Madagascar, and built resorts there and run subsidised cruise ships for the workers.

Suede head: Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

i could have killed 12 people yesterday but i didn't. the difference between not doing something and doing it is pretty big.

I think it'd be funny if the resort's majority owner was a Jew.

Let's remember the past but let modern Germans live their past.
I mean, we drive German and Japanese cars. We can't rub it in their face forever.

It's a slap in the Axis face to have all of us Untermensch partying at their former resort.

/I'm a white guy.
//Never owned slaves.
///Did hire someone to clean my apartment once.
////They were Romanian immigrant women.
//Really hairy.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: What's wrong with having a new resort destination?

With its fine, white sand, Prora is like a Caribbean beach

Yeah, but with giant bunker-style barracks a mile long and 12 floors high. Beach side or not, the place looks like freaking Cabrini-Green.

Omorda: Suede head: Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

i could have killed 12 people yesterday but i didn't. the difference between not doing something and doing it is pretty big.

We didn't have the same circumstances. Just sayin' is all.

Suede head: Omorda: Suede head: Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

i could have killed 12 people yesterday but i didn't. the difference between not doing something and doing it is pretty big.

We didn't have the same circumstances. Just sayin' is all.

The circumstances were there I'll agree, but who had the guts (prior to 1944 and it was WAY too late) to stand up and say "this has gone quite far enough?" That one man or a relatively small group of them could seduce a whole rational population into unthinkable barbarity is....well, I'm not quite sure what it is. But I don't think it could have happened in the US or Britain as you claim. Most places, the crazy gets stopped before it gets out of hand.

Omorda: Suede head: Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

i could have killed 12 people yesterday but i didn't. the difference between not doing something and doing it is pretty big.

Right. Its a good thing we didn't round up our citizenry, violate their rights and stuff them into camps based on their race during the 40's based on the premise of "protecting the homeland."

Oops...

before you climb on that high horse try reading "When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story"

rubi_con_man: Hey, what do you do when you commit a war crime by killing hundreds of people by firing on a passenger liner full of civillians?

Make a medal, of course :



/Maybe they'll make a centenial edition?

Yes because sending hundreds of tons of explosives on a Luxury Liner is ok. Or the fact that the German Government KNEW that the Lusitania would be shipping explosives from NEUTRAL America to its enemy Britain so they took out an ad in the New York Times saying do not ride the Lusitania or you will die!

But its ok to forget that it was bait to draw us into a pointless war in Europe to begin with.

HMS_Blinkin: Suede head: Omorda: Suede head: Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

i could have killed 12 people yesterday but i didn't. the difference between not doing something and doing it is pretty big.

We didn't have the same circumstances. Just sayin' is all.

The circumstances were there I'll agree, but who had the guts (prior to 1944 and it was WAY too late) to stand up and say "this has gone quite far enough?" That one man or a relatively small group of them could seduce a whole rational population into unthinkable barbarity is....well, I'm not quite sure what it is. But I don't think it could have happened in the US or Britain as you claim. Most places, the crazy gets stopped before it gets out of hand.

Really? When did that become a standard...?

Cambodia, Zimbawe, Darfur, Bosnia, Hati, Nicaragua and Argentina. May want a word on that.

The Nazis planned mass murder and they also planned mass tourism...

Those Nazis and their mass plans.

skinink Quote 2008-12-13 01:01:02 PM
It's Summer Vacation for Hitler and Germany!


Saw what you did there.......

Radworld4: Right. Its a good thing we didn't round up our citizenry, violate their rights and stuff them into camps based on their race during the 40's based on the premise of "protecting the homeland."

There is a pretty big difference between rounding people up based on their race, and rounding people up based on their race and then murdering them all.

People tend to be a little unforgiving of genocide, for some reason.

/Unless it's the Armenian genocide.
//Or the Rwandan Genocide

Gunther: Radworld4: Right. Its a good thing we didn't round up our citizenry, violate their rights and stuff them into camps based on their race during the 40's based on the premise of "protecting the homeland."

There is a pretty big difference between rounding people up based on their race, and rounding people up based on their race and then murdering them all.

People tend to be a little unforgiving of genocide, for some reason.

/Unless it's the Armenian genocide.
//Or the Rwandan Genocide

Or people chose justify their wrong doings in comparison to others.

/I kidnapped 20 people...but I didn't kill any of them...how can that be bad? Our hands aren't much cleaner is all I was saying.

Suede head
Yeah, the Germans are no better/worse than anyone else, though they do have a blind spot about waiting in line and the towel thing. As for the Nazi thing, it was just a combination of circumstances, it could have happened in USA, Britain, anywhere if they had lost the war and had crippling reparations imposed by the French leading to hyper-inflation. There was plenty of anti-semitism to go around.

Heh, heh... you're funny.

I grew up in a tourist area, German tourists really are the worst. Germans I've met elsewhere are perfectly nice, but the ones who'd come on holiday? It's like they forgot all their manners.

As far as WWII goes, I have an aunt who takes full advantage of the guilt that her parents' village has for booting all of the Jews out in the 1930s. As it goes though, in the end her parents kind of lucked out that their village was even more anti-semitic than most, because getting kicked out as early as they were meant they were some of the lucky ones who were able to high tail it to America before it started getting really bad.

Radworld4: Gunther: Radworld4: Right. Its a good thing we didn't round up our citizenry, violate their rights and stuff them into camps based on their race during the 40's based on the premise of "protecting the homeland."

There is a pretty big difference between rounding people up based on their race, and rounding people up based on their race and then murdering them all.

People tend to be a little unforgiving of genocide, for some reason.

/Unless it's the Armenian genocide.
//Or the Rwandan Genocide

Or people chose justify their wrong doings in comparison to others.

/I kidnapped 20 people...but I didn't kill any of them...how can that be bad? Our hands aren't much cleaner is all I was saying.

Huh, I think our hands are indeed much cleaner; that whole "not killing them" thing makes a huge difference.

/until you bring in slavery

Dee Snarl -Huh, I think our hands are indeed much cleaner; that whole "not killing them" thing makes a huge difference.

/until you bring in slavery

Hold it right there, buddy.

On the eve of defeat, how many Southern slave owners shot their grossly malnourished, guinea-pig-for-science negros? If we're talking in comparative terms, might we also add the numbers of interned Japanese-Americans NOT sent to the ovens in our (circa WWII) detention camps?

gimpols1908: Went on vacation recently to mexico. The trend is spreading. I went out at 8:30 after 3 days of not getting a decent spot, and they were all already gone.

What the heck. Met an english couple who had the same problem. We kept looking for the germans but none were to be found....

Jesus, people, how hard is it to picka towel up, dip it into the pool and throw it in a heap at the corner of the deck?