I guess I gotta watch out next time I visit.. honestly. who comes up with ideas like this? From Spiegel Magazine http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,677121,00.html Modern Day Flintstones A Stone Age Subculture Takes Shape in the US By Philip Bethge A modern-day Stone Age subculture is developing in the United States, where wannabe cavemen mimic their distant ancestors. They eat lots of meat, bathe in icy water and run around barefoot. Some researchers say people led...

The 5th season is in full swing in (catholic) Germany. Carneval or Fasching/Fasnet is called the 5th season, and a big part of carneval is criticising the political establishment of everything that annoys you. Most cities have special events where the people that live there prepare sketches and comedic skits to express their criticism with local or national politics, developments in society etc. That tradition is very old and goes back to the middle ages where people were able to criticise the r...