Last updated on May 29, 2021 by Roger Kaufman
A successful metaphor saves a missionary in his last need
A missionary in sub-Saharan Africa finds himself in an awkward situation - a funny, graphic story
A missionary works in sub-Saharan Africa. He has been with this tribe for five years. The chief's wife gives birth to her third child.
The Kind However, he has a strikingly light skin color. The chief summons the missionary to him and begins: βMissionary, take a look around. As far as I can see and as far as you can see β everything is completely black People. The only white person in this area is you. Well β my wife's child is kind of white. What is your opinion on this?β
The missionary starts to sweat a little.
He routinely begins to look for a parable.
βChief, over there on the slope I see our flock of sheep. As far as I can see, all sheep are white. And yet β there is only one lamb black."
The chief turns a little white on his face and suddenly has beads of sweat on his forehead: βOkay, okay, I wonβt say anything. And you donβt say anything.β Source: - Bernhard Trenkle βThe Second Ha Manualβ
Vera F. Birkenbihl β A funny, pictorial story
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Metaphors and Oxymora - linguistic wonders - A funny, pictorial story
We use up to 180 daily Metaphors! Other stylistic devices such as the oxymoron also enrich it deutsche Sprache. Mr. SchrΓΆder has wonderful examples ready.
The whole episode on myspass
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