# The German politician who never was **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438 "2013-01-16T22:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/1 "2013-01-16T22:57:23Z")
> **[Jakob Maria Mierscheid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Maria_Mierscheid)** > > Jakob Maria Mierscheid MdB has been a fictitious politician in the German Bundestag since 11 December 1979. He was the alleged deputy chairman of the Mittelstandsausschuss (Committee for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses) of the Bundestag in 1981 and 1982. According to his official biography, he was born in Morbach/Hunsrück, a very rural constituency in Rhineland-Palatinate. He is Catholic and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. > The idea of Jakob Mierscheid was created on 11 De... Ah, Jakob Maria Mierscheid… the things you find on Wiki when you’re not even really looking! ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/2 "2013-01-16T23:03:49Z")
Interesting. But what did you start out researching? ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/3 "2013-01-16T23:33:59Z")
He is not the only example of a particular sort of German humor. I give you the [stone louse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_louse). ETA: And what do you know, it even has a link to our friend Jakob Maria Mierscheid. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/4 "2013-01-16T23:41:27Z")
Hmm. Not finding the Steinlaus account on Twitter. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/5 "2013-01-17T00:09:02Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > He is not the only example of a particular sort of German humor. As a co-worker raised by very Cherman parents used to put it, “The German sense of humor is no laughing matter!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/6 "2013-01-17T00:13:03Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > Interesting. But what did you start out researching? I’m not even sure now. It might have started here: [Fictitious entry - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_trap) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/7 "2013-01-17T00:34:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [Jakob Maria Mierscheid - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Maria_Mierscheid) > > Ah, Jakob Maria Mierscheid… the things you find on Wiki when you’re not even really looking! His name is my name too! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-politician-who-never-was/647438/8 "2013-01-17T16:37:56Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > His name is my name too! Then how do we know you even exist?