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The Schwarzfahrer (video)

By Miss-Verständnis ⋅ January 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Miss V gets rebellious on it by doing the Fahr-ing that is schwarz. Kids: don’t try this at home.

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  1. Too funny…and yet so true!! I nearly died laughing!!

    Posted by Lauren | January 20, 2008, 5:33 pm

  2. The interesting questions for me though - what would be the english term for it - have been wondering for a while. :)

    Posted by Nicole Simon | January 27, 2008, 9:01 pm

  3. The translation is a tough one!

    http://bab.la/dictionary.php?translate=schwarzfahrer&translateHidden=&language=DeEn

    has it as ‘fare dodger’. Which I guess is accurate, but I think ‘Schwarzfahrer’ is just another of those ingenious practical German words for which there is no direct translation!

    BTW, have you seen Pepe Danquart’s 1990 short film called ‘Schwarzfahrer’? It’s quite clever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQXcv1k9OM

    Posted by Miss-Verständnis | January 28, 2008, 11:49 am

  4. The most annoying thing about the HVV trains is not the horrific 7-minute wait when you miss your morning S1 out of Altona, but that the fines for being a Schwarzfahrer are so low and that you so infrequently get controlled in Hamburg! The…constant…temptation!

    Posted by Andrew | March 10, 2008, 12:33 am

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