“What’s the opposite of that shameful joy thing of yours?” – Homer Simpson
“Sour grapes.” – Lisa Simpson
“Boy, those Germans have a word for everything.” – Homer Simpson
For whatever combination of reasons about half the posts on Twitter with the #simpsons tag are in German. It peaks early in the afternoon here in the States, which must be when the reruns are on in Germany because right about then, every day, there’s an explosion of German language tweets with the #simpsons tag. Since I don’t know German I usually just gloss over these, but today one caught my eye and led me to the Twitter feed of “cinderblock42” where this rather amusing series took place (remember, it’s a Twitter page so read up from the bottom):
