As you may already be aware from our post Denglish 55: My German Wife Recommends a Swift Cleansing of the Genitals, my wife is sometimes unclear on the English words for human genitalia and how wonderfully they can be mistranslated. (And yes, I fully realize I have no business whatsoever making fun of her for this, since I can only refer to my junk in German by saying, “Ich habe einen Steifen in meiner Hose.“)*
So, back in August of 2011, my wife had forgotten the word “genitals,” and asked me to help her remember it. I gave her a few clues, but she struggled, looking into my eyes with what was clearly a massive amount of concentration. I couldn’t take that wide-eyed, Bambi stare of hers for very long, so I prompted her with another clue: “The word you are thinking of is kind of like ‘testicles’ but it starts with a ‘G.’ Can you guess what it is now?”
THE WIFE: “Gesticles.”
*Let it be known, my own wife is the one who taught me that colorful German expression mentioned above, so I hope my Mother-in-law will continue to operate under the impression that I am a perfect angel who would never have uttered such a tasteless sentence without constant pressure from her horrible, evil-minded daughter.
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Mann oh Mann, that was mean …. but very funny :)
~Anja~
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Thank you, Ascentive!
Was it mean of me to make fun of her? Because I really don’t think I can stop. :)
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yes it was, because you knew what your wife is going to say.
But as I always say … leg dich nicht mit ‘ner Deutschen an, das kann übel nach hinten losgehen! Weisch Bscheid ;)
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Your DE wife is pure evil. Now where do I sign up for one of my own?
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I am absolutely going to tell her you said that. I say it all the time. :)
There are many German wives out there, but I think mine might be SUPER rare. Like a doomsday asteroid.
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“Total böse?” Really? You’re going to say that to her, and she’ll dig that? Wow, she’s a keeper. :)
And hey now, even asteroids have feelings, too: what about the ones that simply loll about circling regularly around the sun?
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Oh definitely. :)
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