# My Problem With The Germany World Cup Team: **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 3, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431 "2010-07-03T15:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/1 "2010-07-03T15:11:49Z")
It ain’t totally German. I know, I know, but still, okay?🙂 Danke Der Quas’ ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/2 "2010-07-03T15:18:37Z")
My biggest problem with the German team, is that Ozil fella is a deadringer for Peter Lorre. I wouldn’t like to be a defender with him running at me! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/3 "2010-07-03T15:24:21Z")
_Wheezing laugh_ The highest possible compliment from me! Danke, Der Quas’ ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/4 "2010-07-03T16:21:19Z")
They’re all German citizens. Have to be. The only slightly dodgy one, AFAIK, is Cacau, who only got his citizenship as an adult, and maybe Podolski, but he’s lived in Germany basically all his life. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/5 "2010-07-03T16:25:13Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > My biggest problem with the German team, is that Ozil fella is a deadringer for Peter Lorre. I wouldn’t like to be a defender with him running at me! Now you’ve mentioned it… he should have ‘M’ on his back rather than a number. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/6 "2010-07-03T16:57:03Z")
Dr. Steve “Quasimodem” Brule ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/7 "2010-07-03T17:36:35Z")
I think I might have been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/8 "2010-07-03T18:26:35Z")
Any problems anyone can have with the German World Cup team are made up for by the team having a guy with the name of Schweinsteiger. It’s such a great name. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/9 "2010-07-03T19:03:53Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Any problems anyone can have with the German World Cup team are made up for by the team having a guy with the name of Schweinsteiger. It’s such a great name. Does that mean “pig womanizer” or “pig chaser”? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/10 "2010-07-03T19:21:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does that mean “pig womanizer” or “pig chaser”? I call him Himmler. It roughly translates as pig breeder. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/11 "2010-07-03T19:26:38Z")
So, it’s not “Pig-sticker”? Colour me disappointed! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/12 "2010-07-03T19:30:46Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Any problems anyone can have with the German World Cup team are made up for by the team having a guy with the name of Schweinsteiger. It’s such a great name. …now Stefan Kuntz is retired… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9VCJVZ2I9zY/hqdefault.jpg "John Motson says the c\*\*\* word during a commentary?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCJVZ2I9zY) ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/13 "2010-07-04T11:54:23Z")
I feel obliged to follow the motto of the SD: the surname _Schweinsteiger_ simply referred to a citizen of “[Schweinsteig](http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/germany/map/m2570278/schweinsteig.html)” once upon a time. And Schweinsteig is a Bavarian word for a stable or a pig-sty. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/14 "2010-07-04T12:25:10Z")
The OP isn’t totally a modem, at that. ---
**Author:** ![becks2cents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@becks2cents](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/becks2cents)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/15 "2010-07-06T02:09:13Z")
Just another way of trying to get your attention Bill. I will keep trying every avenue until you contact me, so call me and the pestering will end. I know this is totally unrelated to what the Quas is dicussing here but I’m trying to get an answer from him. Bill you started another thread some time ago titled "How Do You “Unlove” Someone? And since you closed that thread, I’ll ask you here. So now I’m asking you the same question as to how you have accomplished that regarding two people who love and care about you so much, and how they are supposed to do the same. You have decided to unlove them for no apparent reason to them or explaination as to why or what happened. I’m hoping that this is all just a big misunderstanding. Please contact me and talk about what has happened so I can help clear it up or help you get through whatever it is you are going through. Ya know I love ya and so do so many others. Sorry for hijacking this thread everyone, carry on ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/16 "2010-07-06T02:16:52Z")
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-the-germany-world-cup-team/545431/17 "2010-07-06T08:34:01Z")
> [@becks2cents](#): > > Just another way of trying to get your attention Bill. I will keep trying every avenue until you contact me, so call me and the pestering will end. > > I know this is totally unrelated to what the Quas is dicussing here but I’m trying to get an answer from him. > > Bill you started another thread some time ago titled "How Do You “Unlove” Someone? And since you closed that thread, I’ll ask you here. So now I’m asking you the same question as to how you have accomplished that regarding two people who love and care about you so much, and how they are supposed to do the same. > > You have decided to unlove them for no apparent reason to them or explaination as to why or what happened. I’m hoping that this is all just a big misunderstanding. > > Please contact me and talk about what has happened so I can help clear it up or help you get through whatever it is you are going through. > > Ya know I love ya and so do so many others. > > Sorry for hijacking this thread everyone, carry on The German National Team: Bringing’ People Together!