GIMP is great

I’ve seen a lot of weird things in software. The flight emulator in Google Earth. Ego-Shooters in spreadsheet software. Female avatars that help you navigate through websites and that you can convince to undress (but everything is blurred out, so don’t worry). But I was still quite surprised when I saw that GIMP offers a template for toilet paper!

After seeing that, I had to design a few sheets. So, here are my toilet paper designs:

First of all, a sheet in the design of this blog. I just had to do that one. ^^

After my last post, this was absolutely essential. 😉

Quoting the lyrics for Malaria, this was one I really liked too.

For those who want to see the whole lyrics again, here’s a link to Malaria, a parody of Nessaja by Scooter.

Now, I just need a Toilet Paper Printer and I’m set to go (to the toilet)! ^^

Greetings,
Nepomuk

I can’t believe I missed this

OK, I’ve know that there was a St. Nepomuk for a while. I even knew, that there were statues of him in some places here in Germany. But when I was on my way to university a few days ago, I saw something completely unexpected – there’s a statue of him here in Bonn! Here, have a look:

A statue of St. Nepomuk

That could be any saint you say? Well, check out the inscription!

There, told you it was St. Nepomuk!

So there! 😛

It seems, that it was here for nearly 150 years, then had to be removed because of high waters or something and now has been put back after two years. Now, as I haven’t lived here for two years yet, I never knew. But not only is there a statue, they even named the square that the statue’s on after him! Here, check it out:

The Nepomuk Square in Bonn

For those of you who can’t read German, the sign reads: “St. John of Nepomuk, born around 1350, murdered in Prag 1393, Patron (16th of May) of ships, bridges and the confessional secret.”

So, when did this happen? I had a look online and found that this is only about a month old – on the 28th of march there was a procession bringing that statue to where it stands now. I was on holiday at my parents place until about the middle of April, so I never knew. What a shame. It would have been great to be Nepomuk at a Nepomuk-procession, don’t you think? ^^

Anyway, now I pass Nepomuk-Square every morning so I have something to smile about. It’s all about me. Jup. That square was named after me. I’m sure, if I just believe it enough, it will become true. 😉

Greetings,
Nepomuk