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OP - September 16, 2009, 12:59 PM

I love this song. But it always makes me hungry.

Heute treff' ich einen Herrn
Der hat mich zum Fressen gern
Weiche Teile und auch harte
stehen auf die Speisekarte

/Rammstein

Today I met a gentleman
He said he would love to have me for dinner.
Soft parts and also hard
are on the menu.

The joke is in the expression "jemanden zum Fressen gern haben".
It means to really like/appreciate somebody, but literally it means
to want to devour him.

/Stefan, sick and bored
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Reply #1 - September 16, 2009, 01:00 PM

What does it mean?

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Reply #2 - September 16, 2009, 01:21 PM

reminds me of the gay man in germany that devoured his lover's penis by mutual consent, after frying it like s sausage & sauteeing it with garlic & pepper, and then killing him http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3286721.stm

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Reply #3 - September 16, 2009, 01:52 PM

Yuk.

I suppose I opened Pandora's Box now.
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Reply #4 - September 16, 2009, 01:53 PM

jemanden zum Fressen gern haben

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Reply #5 - September 16, 2009, 01:59 PM

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Stefan, sick and bored

What are you sick with? (Desparate attempt to change the subject).

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Reply #6 - September 16, 2009, 02:01 PM

Dunno. They are checking if it is the oinker.

Feels like a mild flu with the exception of seriously swollen and hurting glands.

/Stefan (probably needed changing :-) )
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Reply #7 - September 16, 2009, 02:04 PM

Quote from: IsLame on September 16, 2009, 01:53 PM
jemanden zum Fressen gern haben

Hmm? "to like somebody"? Only verb and an indefinite object.
You need to be a bit more verbose... :-)
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Reply #8 - September 16, 2009, 02:04 PM

*attempts to get thread back on topic*

So precisely which glands are swollen and to what extent?

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Reply #9 - September 16, 2009, 02:06 PM

Quote from: SE-man on September 16, 2009, 02:01 PM
Dunno. They are checking if it is the oinker.

Feels like a mild flu with the exception of seriously swollen and hurting glands.

/Stefan (probably needed changing :-) )

Well, I wouldn't worry if I was you. I think the swine flu scare has been blown out of proportion anyway. I doubt its any more dangerous than normal, seasonal flu.

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Reply #10 - September 16, 2009, 02:18 PM

Quote from: Cheetah on September 16, 2009, 02:06 PM
Well, I wouldn't worry if I was you. I think the swine flu scare has been blown out of proportion anyway. I doubt its any more dangerous than normal, seasonal flu.

It isn't. I hav doc's word on that. The scare is economical. They are worried too many people will get sick.

But I am mildly asthmatic and have had a heart issue so they are treating me with kid's gloves.
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Reply #11 - September 16, 2009, 02:18 PM

I'd translate it like this and it even rhymes neatly:

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Today I will meet a mister
Who'd love to have me for dinner
Soft parts as well as hard
are present on the menu card

"Zum Fressen gern haben" is an idiom and could be translated as "to love sb. to bits and pieces."

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Reply #12 - September 16, 2009, 02:20 PM

You mean which "Teil" (part) of me?

Only soft ones. Which are now hard.
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Reply #13 - September 16, 2009, 02:22 PM

Quote from: Aziz on September 16, 2009, 02:18 PM
I'd translate it like this and it even rhymes neatly:

"Zum Fressen gern haben" is an idiom and could be translated as "to love sb. to bits and pieces."

Well done. And thank's for the English idiom to go with it.

Do you know any other plays on words in Rammstein's music? I myself am not good enough in German to recognize them.

They seem to have a heck of a sense of humour.
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Reply #14 - September 16, 2009, 02:42 PM

Quote from: SE-man on September 16, 2009, 02:22 PM
Well done. And thank's for the English idiom to go with it.

The sentence "to have somebody for dinner" is not an idiom, but it has a double meaning as well, and surprisingly fits very well as a translation of the German lyrics.
Quote from: SE-man on September 16, 2009, 02:22 PM
Do you know any other plays on words in Rammstein's music? I myself am not good enough in German to recognize them.

They seem to have a heck of a sense of humour.

I don't know, I never listen to their music. I generally go without listening to music for weeks, and when I do I listen to famous pieces of classical music most of the time.

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Reply #15 - September 16, 2009, 02:50 PM

*coughs* can we get back to the consumption of human sauteed penises *cough*

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Reply #16 - September 16, 2009, 03:07 PM

Quote from: IsLame on September 16, 2009, 02:50 PM
*coughs* can we get back to the consumption of human sauteed penises *cough*

The derailed subject is eating you alive, is it?

I remember the "have for dinner" thing from Silence of the Lambs.
An excellent film.
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Reply #17 - September 16, 2009, 03:11 PM

Quote from: Aziz on September 16, 2009, 02:42 PM
I don't know, I never listen to their music. I generally go without listening to music for weeks, and when I do I listen to famous pieces of classical music most of the time.

Me, I love music. All kinds. Currently, Rammstein is taking turns with Malouma (Mauretanian nightingale) at home.
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Reply #18 - September 16, 2009, 03:14 PM

Quote from: SE-man on September 16, 2009, 03:07 PM
The derailed subject is eating you alive, is it?

I remember the "have for dinner" thing from Silence of the Lambs.
An excellent film.

Did you see the sequel, and when he is eating dinner at the table the Hannibal helps himself to his brain

http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?&next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DsdSE5TtFNio%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded

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Reply #19 - September 16, 2009, 03:22 PM

Yep. Kinda mind-boggling.

I get associations to 2001 a Space Odyssey, when Hal is being dismantled. A gradual shut-down.
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Reply #20 - September 16, 2009, 04:17 PM

The best bit about that scene is the way in the which the man at the table, despite having his brain consumed out of his skull pot, continues eating his food nonchalantly like nothing is happening

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Reply #21 - September 16, 2009, 04:25 PM

Quote from: IsLame on September 16, 2009, 04:17 PM
The best bit about that scene is the way in the which the man at the table, despite having his brain consumed out of his skull pot, continues eating his food nonchalantly like nothing is happening

Yep. Mr Hannibal really knows his neurology. He chose the right part. But it is clear that the guy is slowly shutting down, isn't it? Daisy daisy...
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Reply #22 - September 16, 2009, 04:26 PM

Quote from: SE-man on September 16, 2009, 04:25 PM
But it is clear that the guy is slowly shutting down, isn't it?

Well, I guess thats to be expected

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