stuttgart
uli hesse-lichtenberger's article about stuttgart taught me a lesson.
basically it was saying something about stuttgart, due to quirky regulations, not being allowed to display stars on their jerseys to symbolise their domestic success. basically you needed to win 3 bundesliga titles to have one star, and stuttgart only has got two, because the other titles it had won were pre-bundesliga. something like that.
"But Swabians are not only considered diligent, tidy and thrifty in Germany - they are also known for being cunning. And so they came up with an absolutely watertight plan to get their will after all: win the Bundsliga for a third time. "
no doubt, hesse-lichtenberger's assertion might be a bit dramatised, a bit romanticised, but if we do believe it, and we would like to believe it, because there's a romantic in all of us, there's a lesson to be learnt.
we may feel that we have been unfairly treated at times. we may feel indignant at things, or at people. we may feel that we deserve more. in times like these, there are many ways in which we can react. like whine, cry, sulk.
but we can also go out there and show them. just do it to shut them up.
basically it was saying something about stuttgart, due to quirky regulations, not being allowed to display stars on their jerseys to symbolise their domestic success. basically you needed to win 3 bundesliga titles to have one star, and stuttgart only has got two, because the other titles it had won were pre-bundesliga. something like that.
"But Swabians are not only considered diligent, tidy and thrifty in Germany - they are also known for being cunning. And so they came up with an absolutely watertight plan to get their will after all: win the Bundsliga for a third time. "
no doubt, hesse-lichtenberger's assertion might be a bit dramatised, a bit romanticised, but if we do believe it, and we would like to believe it, because there's a romantic in all of us, there's a lesson to be learnt.
we may feel that we have been unfairly treated at times. we may feel indignant at things, or at people. we may feel that we deserve more. in times like these, there are many ways in which we can react. like whine, cry, sulk.
but we can also go out there and show them. just do it to shut them up.
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