I need drinking quotes...stat.

[Shirley Ujest]

I've decided on my husband's Xmas present.

A custom t-shirt from Spreadshirt (http://www.spreadshirt.com) .

The front of it will be in German:

Ich bin hier.
Lassen sie die
Partei anfangen

I am here.
Let the
Party begin. according to altavista. Any corrections are appreciated.


I cannot decide what to put on the back side of the shirt. There is limited space, so really wordy quotes - especially when translated to german - are not going to cut it.

I was thinking of just having it say Bier Therapie

Or , because you can rotate the text, having it say something like If you can read this, buy me a beer and call me a cab. ( in german, naturally.)


Or, The More I drink, the funnier you become.



Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

[Kuboydal]

Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy. ben franklin

now would be a good time for beer. FDR

Beer make life good- Me

[Shirley Ujest]

I just thought of another one:

Beer: Created in Egypt, perfected by Germans

[Borborygmi]

Likely to lose a great deal when translated out of English, but:

"They who drink beer, think beer."
Washington Irving

[Shirley Ujest]

I just thought of another one:

Beer: Created in Egypt, perfected by Germans


This gets a bit wordy when translated. damn germans.

[Surok]

There's a whole bunch of German language quotes related to beer here (http://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bier).

Stumbled over it while looking for a small German quadrain which tells you which order to drink beer and wine in.

[jjimm]

There is no such thing as one beer.

Can a bird fly with only one wing?

[Kuboydal]

I received a homemade shirt with half a maple leaf conjoined with half a beer mug. I claimed to be the emblem of the Canadian Beer Drinkers Alliance. I'm quite proud of that one. Maybe you should create the German Ale Swillers Society or the Society for the Libations of Uber Teutonics.

[chowder]

How about: This T-Shirt is all my wife got me for Christmas (on the front)

On the back... Next year she gets bugger all

[Ellen Cherry]

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham

[chowder]

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham
This, in German, would require a T-shirt the size of a king size duvet cover

[AskNott]

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

The Star-Spangled Banner was a drinking song before it was our national anthem.

[muldoonthief]

You don't buy beer, you only rent it.

[ThirdCultureKid]

Okay, German native speaker here, just need to clarify.

The quote at the start, is it meant to be a funny/bad translation? Am I just not getting the joke?

As it reads now, it says,
I am here (in a slightly stiilted way)
Let (using the formal imperative you) the
Political Party start

If you want it in correct German, it should read
"Hier bin ich.
Lass die
Party anfangen!"

If I'm being thickheaded in not understanding the joke, i sincerely apologize, but I didn't want him running around with an unintentionally odd/funny translation.

[ThisSpaceForRent]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than have a frontal lobotomy.

tsfr

[Shirley Ujest]

This, in German, would require a T-shirt the size of a king size duvet cover


No kidding.

[Southern Yankee]

The liver is evil. It must be punished.

[Annie-Xmas]

To paraphrase Homer Simpson: Here's to beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

[Shirley Ujest]

Okay, German native speaker here, just need to clarify.

The quote at the start, is it meant to be a funny/bad translation? Am I just not getting the joke?

As it reads now, it says,
I am here (in a slightly stiilted way)
Let (using the formal imperative you) the
Political Party start

If you want it in correct German, it should read
"Hier bin ich.
Lass die
Party anfangen!"

If I'm being thickheaded in not understanding the joke, i sincerely apologize, but I didn't want him running around with an unintentionally odd/funny translation.

On a scale from 1-100 ( one being the lowest to 100 being fluent) regarding German language, I am probably a 35 , depending on who is speaking and if there is alcohol involved. All this from zero German Lessons in my life!

I was also using Altavisa Babel fish translator. <-----I blame them.


Danke, ThirdCultureKid

[Emilio Lizardo]

"Martinis are like a womans breasts -- one is not enough, three are too many."

----- my wife

[The Librarian]

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Manchmal Zuviel macht spass, Es behütet Genug von das tödliche Gewohn.

yup, a duvet.

[betenoir]

I just bought my SO a teeshirt with C12O6 ------------> 2 (C2H5 OH0) + 2CO2
on the front....the cemical formula for beer (on the back it has the emblem for Triumph Brewery. Because he's thinking of buying a brewery. Rich, sexy, cool English accent and has his own brewery. Is this a boyfriend or what?)

If you don't like that there was another one that had "In wine there is truth, in beer there is clebration". In Latin of course, but I can't remember how to spell the second half.

[Sternvogel]

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -- Oscar Wilde

[tdn]

Farfrompuken.

[Ellen Cherry]

Never mind

[Telemark]

I only drink in groups of one or more.

[devilsknew]

Here's a cool compilation of German toasts, sayings, and folk wisdom for all occasions arranged according to alphabetical themes. Unfortunately there are no English translations.

http://kalender-365.de/sms-sprueche/trinksprueche.php

I like, "Trau keinem, der nicht trinkt." ("Never trust someone who doesn't drink."). It's short and would fit on a shirt.

[devilsknew]

Here's a good one, in the spirit of the Straight Dope...

"Dummheit frisst - Intelligenz säuft!"

[Duke of Rat]

I'm drunk enough that you look good.

[rowrrbazzle]

To paraphrase Homer Simpson: Here's to beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.From devilsknew's link: "Auf den Alkohol, den Ursprung und die Lösung aller Probleme!"

[Wee Bairn]

I don't have a drinking problem...I drink, I get drunk, I pass out (or fall down)- no problem!

[Kevbo]

40% of traffic fatalities are due to intoxicated drivers,
so lets keep all those sober folks off the road,
and reduce the death toll by 60%

[TV time]

My father, a good irishman who seldom drank anything but Irish Whiskey used to say regurally, "It is not what you drink, but who drink with that makes the drink taste good."

It sort of goes with your quote.

[ThirdCultureKid]

From devilsknew's link: "Auf den Alkohol, den Ursprung und die Lösung aller Probleme!"

This is awesome.

[Beware of Doug]

I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC
I'M A DRUNK
ALCOHOLICS GO TO MEETINGS

[Boyo Jim]

Beer me! -- Homer Simpson

Alcohol -- the cause of and solution to all of life's problems -- someone else on The Simpsons

[garius]

"I do not live in a world of Sobriety" -- the late (and much missed) Oliver Reed

[I'm No Saint]

Truth is in a tall beer-Dashboard Confessional.

[Dinsdale]

Beer - not just for breakfast anymore!

[OtakuLoki]

I'd simply reference a Bible verse on the back: 1 Timothy 5:23.

(For those of you who may not recognize the verse: "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities." KJV)

[MadTheSwine]

When I read about the dangers of drinking,I gave up reading.

Can't remember who said it...maybe WC Fields.

[Triskadecamus]

"I drank to that!" ~ me ~

"It was a woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her." ~ W.C. Fields ~

Tris

[lobstermobster]

"Two weeks into my bender I realized that Drink Canada Dry was a corporate slogan and NOT a challenge"

[jackelope]

When I read about the dangers of drinking,I gave up reading.

Can't remember who said it...maybe WC Fields.According to this page (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Henny_Youngman/) (which is totally devoid of citation), that was Henny Youngman.