Ah, Jakob Maria Mierscheid… the things you find on Wiki when you’re not even really looking!
Interesting. But what did you start out researching?
He is not the only example of a particular sort of German humor. I give you the stone louse.
ETA: And what do you know, it even has a link to our friend Jakob Maria Mierscheid.
Hmm. Not finding the Steinlaus account on Twitter. Damn.
As a co-worker raised by very Cherman parents used to put it, “The German sense of humor is no laughing matter!”
I’m not even sure now. It might have started here: Fictitious entry - Wikipedia
His name is my name too!
Then how do we know you even exist?