Makes one smile, isn’t it? The cucumber is a well loved food in Austria, mostly addressed lovingly in the diminuitiv “Gurkerl”, and can also be seen as a symbol for a kind of a micro-bourgeois smugness. This is probably what the artist wanted to hint at.
Paul, Austria certainly is a small galaxy of its own, a melting pot of German, Hungarian and Slavonian and also Jewish influences, a strong and fond remembrance of imperial times, and and and …
Worth exploring, and most probably quite amusing from a foreigner’s point of view.
I can say, with all honesty, that I’ve never seen such a sight as this. 🙂
Makes one smile, isn’t it? The cucumber is a well loved food in Austria, mostly addressed lovingly in the diminuitiv “Gurkerl”, and can also be seen as a symbol for a kind of a micro-bourgeois smugness. This is probably what the artist wanted to hint at.
Again, I am surprised. I would never have associated smugness, at any level, with a pickle! LOL
Paul, Austria certainly is a small galaxy of its own, a melting pot of German, Hungarian and Slavonian and also Jewish influences, a strong and fond remembrance of imperial times, and and and …
Worth exploring, and most probably quite amusing from a foreigner’s point of view.
This is great. Art as I like it. Perfect. Big smile.
Indeed 😉
And I don’t like the too obvious phallic symbolism not that much.
Phallic? Never thought about it *that* way… maybe the first one… :blush:
Gurkerl-Condoms!
O-Ton Süd: Iwazia
Is there a leo.org website for this language? I need some help.
http://www.zur-wurst.at/wienr-mundart
I bin’s ned glei inne wurn!
Respekt! Jetzt würd ich nur noch gerne hören, wie Du’s aussprichst 😉
Ich werd mich hüten!
Well isn’t that a nude in the background?
Haha! Yes, indeed!