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In Germany dick means fat. here this is not funny
In parts of California this is not funny either, it’s a way of life.
…I found it funny here in PA :/
300 million of us sad and clueless folks, wandering around, sighing…
It is so depressing living in the USA. The first time I saw a video of a person (he was German, I think) laughing, I thought he was having a stroke.
Did anyone else notice the slight easing of the gravitational force this morning?
I did! I was floating for about 10 minutes.
i ate a cookie,for 10 minutes
The brand name isn’t the worst about this product. In the Netherlands (also known as Holland by uneducated people) we used to call these “biscuits” (they’re really 99.9% sugar and not even solid inside) wait for it…
“Negroe kisses”
This was changed a few years ago because it was decided it wasn’t political correct anymore. The new discussion is whether the dark helpers/slaves of Saint Nicolas can still be referred to as “black Pete”.
*decides not to wait for it – reads the earlier posts instead*
They arent black you moron !
Not by skin color that is….
Theyre black because they go down the chimneys,
and get covered with ashes etc
And theyre NOT his slaves… they are his helpers
Saint Nicolas relies greatly on his skilled assistants.
And doesnt discriminate nor overpowers them in any way.
OT : The Negro kisses as you call them…
The word negro means black
It doesnt have the weight to the word as it does in the USA
there its how the slave owners would call their slaves
In europe its just another word for black, as in black skin, which they have.
The name Negro-kiss is a compliment
God knows why they banned it
something yummy and tasty being linked to the kiss of a black person …. not an insult … not politically incorrect either
and Holland is still 2 provinces in the Netherlands…
covering the most lively and interesting parts of the country.
So yea… ‘holland’ still works
Wow, somebody took my post a little too serious.
And here we go, another perrson from holland… It is only because Holland had the most influence in our colonial peroid that the rest of the world calls the netherlands Holland… I don’t know if that’s somethinig to be proud of. Anyway, the rest of your story is quite true.
It’s just that they made a fuss about it, and that’s not good for sales, so they just changed it for the money. Everyone calls them negro kisses anyway. They’d better be proud of it! We white people don’t even have our own food!
well, in germany we called them nigg**-kisses a long period of time and i think ….i mean jazz was called nigg**-music too until the the 60s so…give a damn now we call them dickmanns isnt that better?^^
In austria, another product like the one above is called Schwedenbomben, which translates to swiss bombs.
sweden bombs not swiss bombs
The reason why they wanted the name to be changed, is probably because it’s positive discrimination:
Like saying all black people can dance and all black people can run fast.
Ditto in Finland! They used to be called “neekerinsuukot”, ie. ‘negro kisses’. Then the negro part was dropped and they’re just called “suukot” now. But what’s intriguing is that the graphic was unchanged. That’s perhaps more offensive to me than the name. (*link-click*)
In Germany they used to be called exactly the same, “Negerküsse”. Twenty years in the past that was still common, but today no one says it. Now they are called “foam kisses” or “chocolate kisses” here.
Here in germany as well. “neger-küsse” and “mohrenköpfe” which means “blachamoor-heads”.
The reason they’re called negro-kisses is because the inventor thought it gave you lips like a black woman’s.
And the reason it was changed, was because an institution from Surinam (don’t know which) started to complain that it was an insult to them.
Not that it matters much. Everyone I know still calls them negerzoenen.
My father came up with the name ‘tienerzoen’ (before they changed the name). Pretty lame.
XD, ‘juttezak’.
(Schrijf je dat niet met één ‘t’?)
Well yes, in Switzerland/and germany it was called “Negerküsse”, means “niger kisses”… it’s the same as in your country I’d say.
Now, they say “schokoküsse”. chocolate kisses *shrugs*
why is calling it HOLLAND uneducated?? HUH???
because holland is only a part of the netherlands, something like a county. just as much as texas is NOT the USA, even if it’s a large part of them, we wouldn’t assume that saying “texas” covers the whole of the states – and it could even be the “liveliest and most interesting” parts of it, it still wouldn’t make it right, dinkus…
apart from that, seen on an angloglottic website, “dickmanns” IS funny…
I’m from Austria and there is a dessert called “Mohr im Hemd” (google for it), which means “Black Man in a Shirt”.
In my opinion the name should be changed too.
Oh ha, ha – how original!
XD That doesn’t have anything to do with being German or living in the US.
Of course, your name leads us to believe that you set your standards way higher.
You misspelled “thought”.
Ok, mispunctuated, rather.
hehe
I was wondering where you were going with it. ‘morning.
Morning. That idiot made be a bit angry with his jew-comment.
Ah. Yes. I saw that and pushed my ignore button. Nothing good comes from arguing with…well, you know.
Are you also going to tell us that you don’t find this funny? Or are you planning to join the “negerinnenzoenen” discussion?
There’s an unusual high German/Dutch/Belgian participation rate today.
I was thinking that I should explain all about this in the first place.
Yea right Joe… But ont he flip side i grew up eating these in Germany and the are awesome..;)
MRN, What do you mean Its a way of life?, Are you saying Its a way of life to shoot your dick cream all over a father & his 4 year old son in California in some parts
particularly San Francisco area??
I know German and I find this funny. Sorta.
So comment: rejected.
I DONT know German, and I find this hilarious!
I know a German, great guy, not very funny but great guy none the less.
I know lots of German guys and gals. Some are funny, some are not. Strange, isn’t it?
Indeed, It’s a nice surprise to come accross a funny one though seeing how 265 million of my neighbors aren’t funny at all.
What? You mean to tell me that everyone who is from the same country is not exactly the same! Astonishing!
There is only one country like that in the world…
Hmmm… Vatican City? They all shag boys…
ROFL
North Korea? They all starve…
You better be careful, PRNK monitors FB all the time, if you are caught slamming them they will take away your Seoul.
pyonyang
Gesundheit.
Capital FAIL!
What is “shag boys”?
shag = have sex with
With who?
Why do you need to know? 0.o
Pedobear thinks…
Also, did anyone notice the white stuff on the guys nose?
boys
The ever-learning eagle…
“To shag” means “to have sex with”. All clear now?
Is there an echo in here?
Is there an echo in here?
In fairness, “shag” is UK English slang. A lot of people in the US and elsewhere aren’t familiar with it.
Hehe, here in the US, I played volleyball, and we’re told to “shag” our balls.
Is there an echo in here?
With whom?
Shag is a kind of tobacco that you roll “cigarettes” off yourself. Boys are male children. So shag boys are male children that roll cigarettes themselves.
Ok, I see, Antisemetic comments – poor taste, Anti catholic/child molestation jokes – Hey, that’s funny!
Is that my understanding?
Arthur Eld, It’s not that you are moral, It’s just that you are moral some of the time when it suits your needs
You mean there is a problem with being anti Child Molestation?
*snorklol*
You do have a point there. The difference in my opinion is that I’m posting pretty much every day, so everybody who is also here every day knows that I’m joking. That bumface-guy is here – well, either for the first time or he posted very seldomly. And then one of the first comments he makes is that. Do we know he’s joking?
Your right it’s not funny, it’s disturbing
“Your right ____” what? Foot? Hand?
You have two sentences going on there. Perhaps you forgot to complete one thought before starting another?
That was a fail at tactful correction. Actually, on here I think no correction is the tactful way to go.
This is FailBlog. Tact is hardly a strong point with most of the posters here.
I beg to differ.
If you know enough English to know that dick means penis in English, its funny to think about how a native English speaker will react to seeing this ad.
‘Cock’ means a faucet or tap in Japanese, but that doesn’t keep my Japanese wife from giggling every time she tells me in Japanese to ‘turn off the gas cock’
A stop cock is a perfectly normal English word too …
…as is a petcock
As is a shuttlecock.
Still doesn’t stop some of us from laughing at it, though. (“Some of us” being 12-year-old prepubescent boys.)
I’m a 12 year old mid-pubescent girl, and I found that hilarious.
Please explain how a snack product called ” Super Fatmann’s” is not funny…
….dick doesnt mean fat…..it looks like it but it isnt,
but dickmann is just a last name of the man who created it..this fail fails….
i mean..who made this fail fails at everything
Here our dicks be fat.
Super Fatman selling chocices isn’t funny in Germany?!
In the United States dick fat is HILARIOUS! Thanks Germany!
It IS funny, but indeed it’s not a fail at all.
those are very popular in germany, actually and as sk already stated, in german the name just means “very fat man”, which is kinda ironic but it doesn’t have any sexual context whatsoever.
I’d say the guy posting this failed ’cause he doesn’t know the product’s origin – not funny at all
super fat man’s i not funny?
Ewwwww, he got a Dickmann facial!!!
Sugar bukkake!
*pounces MRN* Saw you powered a fail yesterday. Congrats!
Ooff! Thanks, Leila! I also reread some of the older Fails and read nice comments from several people who might have been worried that when I left on Monday morning I wasn’t coming back anytime soon. I have this history of posting furiously, then looking at the clock and going, “Yikes! I’m late for work!” and scooting off without saying goodbye.
.
I’m proud to have powered a video, but do wonder why FB didn’t find a good DW FOOM, as was suggested yesterday. My quote was pretty generic and could have been used anytime.
…And now that I see “Sugar bukkake” in print I picture a kinky Grateful Dead song.
Me too! And I’m not even a fan of the Dead.
(I had first typed “Dead fan”, then thought better of it . . . )
i believe the term is deadhead, if it help.
Just don’t disappear like that.
I wonder how FB goes about their selection. Hmmm…
OK, this is my official warning that I will probably stick around for the very beginning of the next Fail, then go, “Yikes! etc.”, then leave until —- ??
*slaps ankle cuffs on MRN*
*fastens to heavy chain bolted to floor*
You ain’t going anywhere!!
hmmm…cuffs and chains…
Can’t break those cuffs!
omg..that’s funny
Really? I thought that was a bandage.
The fails over the last few months seem to be getting less and less funny…
Maybe you’re just getting more and more serious hmmmmmmmm?
or maybe he’s just a cock
what’s worse about those things, they are usually called “negerküsse” – kisses of an african american so to speak
No. The only thing bad about it, is what you mean by the word “neger”. I know it’s hard for your kind of egocentrics, but do not expect other people associate the same crap with it. We are not. “Neger” = old word for a black guy from Africa. Nothing more, nothing less. Period. An even older word is “Mohr” (which includes all dark people, also from Arabic countries, etc.).
It tells more about you, what you associate with a word, than it tells about the word.
Technically you are correct, “Neger” is indeed just the German word for “black skinned person”. But if said word is used for centuries with a negative connotation, then it became an insult. After all, “Arsch” is just a word for your bottom, but still you would feel insulted if anyone uses that word for you…
Living in America, I never understood why it’s okay for AA to use the N word and no one else.
Just for clarification: “Neger” = negro, not ni*ger. And when I was in the States I did call a black guy I met there like that, because he started to call me that. I thought if that word is used for me whitey, then it apparently lost it’s original meaning. The black guy didn’t have a problem with me doing so, in fact he was kinda pleased.
You met the one with a sense of humor. The N word has such bad connatation to the point that one community literally had a funeral procession and buried IT in the ground. Mind you, this was a black community. Made the news and everything.
Good thing. I always think it’s self-degrading. But the guy I met found it refreshing to meet someone with an unamerican approach to things. He said that the majority of white Americans had two approaches to blacks: Either they were racist (secretly or openly” or they had this white-guilt-conscience. He said the latter are hard to speak to, because they are sooo wooried to not appear racist that there’s no chance for a normal discussion. So I was a change for him.
Man, I’m still making a lot of mistakes! Now you all know why I didn’t post the last two days…
That’s exactly right. I find from experience that some whites treat you differently if they perceive you to be of a certain race. Since I am mixed, they automatically assume I am (a) Mexican or (b) Puerto Rican. I’ve had several practice their Spanish on me. It’s fun to watch them stumble when I tell them that I do not speak Spanish and that I was born in Africa. Now they think AA and they are trying to process my coloration in their heads. This is when they start walking on egg shells and just say little. *sigh* I admit, I do find it amusing.
Slightly unrelated, funny story:
My husband is half native american, and when my son was born, the nurse obviously hadn’t noticed. The first thing I said as they laid him on my stark white stomach was “He’s so dark!” (My son was born with a better tan than I have ever dreamed of having) so, the nurse’s eyes get real big and look from me, to the baby, to my husband and muttered something like “oh, shit”. HA!
Most people think that my son Conor is mexican due to his super dark skin, black hair and brown eyes, they tell me that by not teaching him spanish, I am denying him his culture. I always ask them if they know Cherokee, if so, feel free to teach him.
WIK I’m part Cherokee also, but I look more like my Irish ancestors. My dad, however, experienced the same thing your son has…people assumed he was Mexican. When he was about 18, just joined the Navy, he went on a weekend party with friends, got very drunk and passed out. He woke up in the back of a farmtruck hauling chickens, in Mexico. It took a long time to convince the border patrol to let him come back into the states.
Anniebunny, that’s horrible!! That happens a lot however especially in the states of Arizona, Texas and California.
I was detained in the Mexican border once. Made the wrong exit to get to a water park in San Diego. I didn’t have my green card with me and they thought I was Mexican and wouldn’t let me back in. I think I had to pay a fine and was let back in after my lawyer had a discussion with the border officals.
Holy Cow!! That’s too funny. Americans do tend to want to put you in a box of their choice. We have a long way to go. My step-children have Cherokee blood too.
My baby has white skin and green/blue eyes and talk about tanning – she tans easily. One day some Bibble thumpers came knocking on my door while I was holding her and the lady proceeded to say, “ooooh how cute! You’re babysitting”. I just remember saying “…nooooo, she’s mine!” SLAM!!!! I still get a chuckle over it.
…
Holy crap, that is rude of them!
One of my coworkers from Colombia used to call another of our Colombian coworkers “Negro” because he was dark. (No idea if he actually had any African ancestry.) Apparently it’s a common nickname there and not considered offensive.
Hehe it’s like the guy who thought the people in Nigeria were african americans
Yea they used that name a long time ago.. But I grew up in Germany and thats what we called them… neger means negro which is black in spanish its not african american bashing
This really isn’t a fail, unless you are like 12
After that it is, like, a win?
I think Mattster means that it is, you know, like a rite of transation at 12.
Well, assuming you are not 12, you should by now know how to add periods?
Or a ‘full stop’ if you know how to use the language you bastardised properly
Unless you’re implying he’s not menstruating?
Damn, I saw no “full-stop” in your sentence either.
*reads sentence carefully* No…no evidence of a full stop, or a period. Could it be…no…just potato bloat, is my guess.
They look good!
No…No…They do not!
*peers at the confecttion* yea they do…and now i want chocolate AND…..ohh nevermind….
Anniebunny!!!!
Leila!! *squeeze* can’t stay long though…must go sleep soon.
Hi 5_eagles!! *squeeze*
Aw. I wish you could stay. *squeeze* Sleep is important though. Sweet dreams.
Thank you sweetie. And I’m at that point where I think I’m hysterically funny. I’m gonna try to make the sunglass smiley. Bare with me. Yea…I know….go sleep. Annnntonnnniooooo…..
B)
O.O ohhh “Mann, ist der dick-mann, Super Dickmanns”
I think you use 8 as opposed to B right?
Testing
Hello Anniebunny +squessze+
The ones up there are in dark chocolate but they come in milk and white too.. lecker
Yes..yes..yes.. They do! Morning Lovely Leila.
Hmm, the dad kinda looks like Simon Cowell too. Appropriate, methinks
i thought it was him when i first saw it!
That was my first thought, too, but then I realized he’s smiling and therefor can’t possibly Simon Cowell.
I saw Simon smile once. I was at work, standing next to the fishbowl, watching Susan sing. Simon smiled and then the goldfish died.
Fluffy?? FLUFFY!!!!
NOOOOOO!!!!
‘Twas cousin Ralphie… We flushed him down the toilet last year…
The dad looks as if he is about to throw up, i dont know if the kid knows what he is eating.
Not a fail, it’s a trademark in a non-english country.
That and they’re delicious!! You can buy a similar product in Lydl (UK), they’re well tasty … but called something else … i forget what.
Negerzoenen?
so would it be an engrish then ir what?…
my penis
Sorry to hear it’s that small and such an odd shape.
Zing on blah from gaynorvader LOL.
WIN.
WINNER
winner, winner, chicken dinner
‘morning GV and everyone.
Mornings!
What’s Patrica been up to?
Partying, she really needs to get a job!
Kids!!
Not funny, boring as a matter of fact.
this product is not a fail…it’s tatsy
….c’mon FAIL blog….u cant translate letter by letter!
/signed
I think this is kind of funny…but not that funny. Maybe it will grow up to be a real fail someday!
c’mon yall…this is pretty funny. The way that kid is smiling and holding his Super Dickmann….and the Dad with the cream on his face with that smirk??? This is damn funny…
If you’re not German, but English, and can’t imagine there being other languages on this planet… Well, then it can be.
Yep… in Germany, these used to be called Ni**er Kisses. >_<
Nope.
Thats BS.. neger as in negro which means black in spanish.. grow up! thats rediculous..
Seriously. My mother-in-law, born and raised in Germany, said that Ni**er Kisses were her favorite thing! I’m pretty sure she meant this product.
That last part was a joke if you couldn’t tell, but yes, they were indeed called that.
No, they were not. Holy shit, I am German, I should know! They were called “Negerküsse”, not “Ni*gerküsse”. If someone used the latter that might tell you something about the person, but doesn’t change the fact that the word was “Negerküsse”. Dammit.
Calm blue ocean AE.LOL Don’t let them push you around.
Stick to your kisses.
Ugh not funny…
here in Holland they used to be called “negerzoenen” (same translation as “negerküsse” – kisses of an african american-) but someone brought it to court because he claimed that it was racism. He actually won the trial so the company had to rename them and now the name is just “zoenen”. I hate that pathetic little scum that brought it to court!!! its not racism but tradition!!!! (the name of the company was “Buys” btw)
Holland all has black Peter?.
Well I’ve heard saltpeter is abundant.
Hehe, so you belong to all the people that don’t know that there never was such a trial.
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“Buys” (the company producing) the negerzoenen did this as a marketing trick. They wanted to change the name and made the trial over the name up.
And it definitely worked as everyone ‘remembers’ the trial, although it never happened
Initially, it was even publicised as a media stunt slash image improver. The company decided the name sounded racist so they changed it to just ‘zoenen’. I still, along with 90% of the other Dutchies, call them ‘negerzoenen’.
Dammit. Now I want some.
OMG. NOT every black person is an African AMERICAN! Are you that stupid, or are you just born that way?
I was just going to write the same :p
FFS if you’re black it doesn’t make you an African American … unless your origins are African, and you are an american citizen.
You might be interested to learn there are whole continents of black people, most of which have never even been to America!
That’s been driving me crazy too. I hate the phrase African American. Whenever black people use it I want to ask which part of Africa they come from. I don’t walk about saying I’m a European American, I’d sound like a right moron.
i never said it was, i just used the translation of another person…
doenis says:
June 17, 2009 at 4:16 am
what’s worse about those things, they are usually called “negerküsse” – kisses of an african american so to speak
But I agree, that “Neger” had no negative meaning in our childhood. Sure, we rarely see black people. Or east-Asian ones. Etc. But it just had the meaning of “a black person from Africa”. “Negerküsse” were large, soft, and dark chocolate coated. So I thought, with a bit larger lips, this was fitting pretty well. Why should such a kiss be negative? I imagine it being one of the better kisses you could receive.
If you think it’s negative, then it’s you being weird. Not the word. 
Holland has African-Americans? Wouldn’t they be African-Dutch?
Hmmm… Looks very tasty if you ask me…
they are!
I think this fail is a fill in cause failblog is having trouble finding new material, good material because we all have high standards here now.
The fail is an advertisement and we are falling for the hook.
Thank you Assface. How are you today?
…And that is yet another reason not to reply to trolls!
Shouldn’t this be on Engrishfunny?
That felt weird, it’s usually comments over there saying something should be on failblog.
It’s not English. It’s German.
super = super.
dick = fat/large.
Mann = man.
And they are advertised with “Man, they’re *large* man! Super-large men!” (Which is essentially what the name means.)
Its not Engrish … its just German.
People, people: Posts on Engrish are mistranslations of foreign languages, so the answer would be “yes” …. and “no”….
Yes, it could be on Engrish when it’s German, but there’s no goofy translation going on, so, no.
This, which is pretty unsavory in English and is posted to an English-language blog and has a repulsive ad photo which ymmv but yuck, on his nose, really? is not a fail because it’s not funny in German. Sure. Ok.
no, its not funny because its not marketed at an english speaking audience … therefore they’re not failing at anything.
You fail at logic.
OMG it looks delicious. Who can deny chocolate coated calorie packed ice-cream?
Put a Dickmann in your mouth. You won’t regret it.
make sure you cover it in chocolate first for some ATM action
ATM? You can withdraw cash?
sometimes, but there are better less painfull ways of going about it
(ATM = ass to mouth)
um…ew?
*squeeze!*
*squeeze*
Do you have an a** fixation?
If you are not careful, you could suffer from asphyxiation.
….the only way to die
I thought the only way to die is a la Carradine.
*watches for lightning*
what’s that?
*gets the kite out*
Um..
didn’t he tie his junk for some sexual pleasure thingie… ?
oh right
*makes note to bring a smaller noose as well*
*notices Brewski and POUNCES!!*
Good morning!!!
*squeeze*
Morning!!
Oh, and *squeezes* back, and to everybody else (you know who you are!)
It’s no ice-cream. It’s something in-between a mousse, and a marshmallow. But I recommend cooling it, because then it will become a bit harder, and your face and hands will not be coated in chocolate and sugar.
You can eat two, maybe three. If you eat more, you will become nauseous though.
bullshit – I can eat about six. More than that gives me trouble (not to mention that six already thorougly destroy my appetite for any more food that day)…
hahaha! that post destroyed my appetite just thinking about it
its marshmallow, not ice cream, but its still well tasty
it’s not icecream what’s inside, as a matter of fact, they aren’t even stored in the fridge or freezer
if these “Super dickmann” are in any way derived from an african american, shouldn’t they, in theory, be much longer? I mean they look like meager asian dickmann’s to me…
These are Negerzoenen (negrokisses). The white stuff is whipped eggwhites, at least it tastes like that. The name Dickmann is about as funny as someone who’s called Dick (short for Richard).
About a year ago the Dutch government had the company change the name to kisses because the “neger” part wasn’t PC.
Ha, but in Belgium we still call them “negerzoenen” and even “negerinnentetten”.
Oh, brilliant. Now that, IMHO, does sound racist… (though I love that name to bits
*snickers*
Even racist stuff sounds cute if it’s said in Dutch.
My FIL is called Dick. I find that amusing.
it aint’s eggwhite and doesn’t taste like it, because eggwhite doesn’t really have a taste at all
It is eggwhite and if you sweetened whipped eggwhite you would recognize the taste.
The original dutch name for these things is “negerzoen”, meaning “negro kiss” or something like that. The name was changed, though, resulting in widespread internet-protests;-)
>.> <.< actualy was a commercial stunt by the creator, had nothing to do with the name.
and on top of that it was called "negerzoen" in all countries that had em also. Actualy the french call it negro head.
anyway on topic, huge fail from the poster.
Indeed, as I commented a bit above:
“For all the Dutch speaking people:
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/74257762/Opschudding+negerzoenen+was+marketing-truc.aspx
Sadly enough I can’t find an English translation, but I guess internet translators will suffice.”
There have been equally funny/silly trademarks involving black people in other parts of the world. There’s a toothpaste brand in Asia that used to be called “Darkie” and had a logo of a smiling black man. Apparently the Taiwanese inventor saw some black people and were impressed with how white their teeth looked. When I was a little kid they changed it to “Darlie” (which doesn’t mean anything) for the sake of political correctness, but they still have the black man logo.
IMO its more fail that the man has cream on his nose o_________O
No. It’s what usually happens when you eat them. Because they are so large compared to others. (At least at the time they were invented.)
Thats what she said,
Sort of looks like the boy pushed his dad’s angelkiss into the dad’s face.
Sorry, but YOU fail, and your whole language does. “Dick” = fat/large. Because they are extra-large.
Well 99% of americans probably dont even realise that their language is largely latin germanic.
Would be funny if marketed to an english audience … but as its not, then there’s really no fail anywhere …
Du bist ordentlich engstirning, nä? Ist doch schön wenn andere das lustig finden. Warum der Aufriss?
There’s absolutely nothing funny about dick. What’s next? Picture of Dick Cheney or Dick Tracy? Hohoho, roflmao, dick, dick dick. And did you mention, that this is a picture from germany? They’re speaking german there (surprise). The people don’t know about the english meaning. This is not funny.
Odd. In that last sentence you sounded like one of the Germans in Fawlty Towers.
I don’t know about the English meaning of that.
hahahha funny name!
When Richard Nixon ran for president in the US, there were political buttons and posters that said, “Dick Nixon before he dicks you”. So, yeah, we do make fun of the name.
Jon Stewart about Cheney. ‘Nuff said.
wtf!!! do you think that germany is some sort of uncivilised country??? Germans doe just like nearly everyone else in the world know the english meaning of the word
where do you live? under a stone or something?
Actually, in my experience Germans tend to have better English than most people (some English, Irish, Australian and Americans included!).
It would be funnier if it was Dickwomann.
At least it would be a fail, as that’s not german.
not according to the show I watched
It looks like the kid is in on the joke.
LOL! daddy looks like he doesn’t mind either
Fot god’s sake STOP taking german (or whatever) names and brands which seem to be/sound funny in english and tagging them as “FAIL”.
My brain hurts!
yes, all germans like to kill jew people .. and all american people like to have black people as slaves haha -.-
and dont forget persicuting the middle east for the past 25 years! But bless em, they like to be in control … like the little fat kid at school that steals others lunch money … he’ll just grow up to work in McDonalds.
Wow…all the kids that stole money at my school were tall, broad and had bad acne…no fat ones though. And they never did work, anywhere.
Now now, that’s not fair, Americans abolished slavery a long time ago, I think it’d be fairer to say they enjoy invading/attacking countries that can’t possibly win against them. (I.E. Japan, Vietnam, the aforementioned Middle East…) Also funding terrorism (Taliban, Somalian pirates, etc.)
And of course, I could continue in this racist vein for just about any country…
Try to name some stuff for Sweden!
they can’t choose sides! Vietnam won BTW
Try some for South Africa
*ducks and waits for the blast*
Is it hassle America day today? *looks @ calendar*
*starts stockpiling canned food*
*stockpiles Super Dickmanns*
*hides Antonio in the back room*
*finds Antonio and stockpiles on top of him*
*makes a sandwich*
*checks her supply of AAA batteries*
*makes a sandwich*
*wonders what Anniebunny needs AAA batteries for*
*stockpiles potatos*
Pretty hollow victory for Vietnam, but you’re right I suppose.
-
SA is pretty well known for its severe racism.
there there, at least most of the cash was made back with the movies that followed
we had the monopoly on racism
Pfft, why even botha?
I dated a Botha, I think they’re all related, or wish they were
Sweden who supplied the Nazis with resources during WW2?
Sorry; that was a very quick rather misleading jab; The Swedes are neutral to a fault. If North Korea were to declare nuclear war on every military state in the world, Sweden would probably try and find the middle ground whilst secretly hoping the right side won.
Hey GV! *squeeze*
Hello FSA!
*squeexe*
We invaded Japan? I guess you think the English invaded the Third Reich also. God you are seriously delusional.
No, I meant you attacked them, with two atomic bombs! One would have been more than enough to show your power, and it didn’t even need to be dropped on a populated area to show it.
Sorry, I didn’t mean you personally, I meant America.
(And the English did invade Germany in WW1, which caused WW2)
Tsk tsk. Back to the history books! No invasion in or after WW1.
Sorry I meant attacked not invaded! Argh!
The British declared war to Germany in WW1, but the Germans did the attacking for some time.
And why not? They may have been related to the aggressors but they were damn well show them what their half-third cousin twice removed could do by God!
Err… what? I don’t understand that comment, sorry.
I was alluding to the fact that the monarchs involved in WW1 (or the run up) were all related and were as bad as each other.
We have apologized…as lame as that may be, and Oak Ridge, where the technology was developed, and close to where I live, has a large bell dedicated to our sister city in Japan. Some time back we had a ceremony to dedicate the bell, with lovely visitors from Japan gracing us with their presence. The bell is so large 5 people can stand under it, (not recommended, just using that for reference) and has a large knocker that you can use to make it peal. Not excusing any choices made back then…just letting you know we also wish it hadn’t happened that way.
I realise that, it wasn’t my intention to hold the current generation of America responsible for the act, I only meant to point out that it happened. I’m sure the Germans are even sorrier for the holocaust, especially as they were living in a one party system at the time it happened!
No country has no reason to be sorry.
I’d like to say Ireland, but I’m sure we’ve done something at some point to someone whom didn’t appreciate it at the time!
Pretty much every country has. But surely, larger countries have more opportunities to to something bad.
Agreed, I always think that countries whom have made mistakes under a dictatorship/monarchy/etc. at least have some excuse though! Then again, perhaps I’m not being objective, coming from a republic…
>.< I"m sorry…I didn't mean to imply….well, anything really. *sigh*
I'm gonna sleep before I hurt myself. Or someone else. Unintentionally.
Aww FB ate my reply…
I know, GV, dinna fash over it. *squeeze*
*sqeezes* to everybody…I’ma crash now. Zzzzzzz..
Actually, Japan was in response to Pearl Harbor, so they were asking for it, up until the whole a-bomb thing, that was just uncalled for. With Vietnam, and Korea, the U.S. sided with the South to fight the North (respectively), who’d adopted communism and allied themselves with the then Soviet Union. They were there to ‘protect democracy’. I won’t even go into my issues with the whole Middle East thing. That was a disaster before it even started.
True; I wasn’t trying to say Hiroshima was unprovoked, just that it was excessive force. And what gives America the right to decide other countries’ governmental policies? IMO both capitalism/democracy and communism are terrible systems of government, a good one should be a balance of the two.
“Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Winston Churchill
I believe the quote was “all those tried before it.”, but I could be wrong Sir Eld. Unfortunately, no one can try a new government without fear of being attacked. Countries should be left to their own devices, what right has any other to impose their beliefs on another?
I copied it from wiki.
So yes, it may be wrong.
Depends, I’d say. It’s a difficult question if the people of a country are oppressed and the policies of said country are aggressive. Nazi Germany comes to mind. But then, the following oppression by the Soviets and their German followers wasn’t very nice for the eastern part of Germany, while the western part was lucky. As I said, difficult question.
It’s always the Nazis with you, morning noon and night!
It is a difficult question, but I believe that international intervention should only occur after the people of the country have at least tried to rebel. I know this’ll probably earn me some serious scorn but; What if the Nazis had won? Would the world have been that much worse off? Obviously it wouldn’t have been pleasant to be Jewish, but then it wasn’t pleasant to be Christian in 100AD, or Irish in the 1600s, etc. Perhaps Hitler’s successor would have been Speer; a man I admire. Who can say? It’s only when a country is building up weapons which are dangerous to the global community that they should be stopped, which was the case with the Nazis, obviously. But too often countries are attacked because they have a different way of doing things from their neighbors.
Yeah, Adolf and me, I know…
The world would have been much worse off if the Nazis won. The Nazi ideology includes not only annihilating each and every jew on this planet, but also enslaving all slavic people after decivilizing them and diminishing their number by millions (!). The blacks and the Asians would have had a rough time (to say the least!) under the Nazis as well. Pretty much everybody except those somehow defined as “Aryans”. Imägine the world under such a regime… *shudders*
Oh, and Speer would have been sentenced to death in Nuremberg if the court had known the things about him that we know now.
True I suppose, how the ideas were corrupted! If only Hitler had been assassinated about 1936, the regime probably would have worked out better. And as far as the Asians went, Hitler had agreed to leave them to Japan. Stalin did a pretty good job of reducing the Slavic peoples anyway. But I do understand that Hitler in charge was never going to be a good thing. I do wonder about Fascism though; it seems like it would be a fantastic system of government if the leaders could be persuaded to step down every decade or so. But of course that’s where the quote; “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” come from.
Humanity is crap!
Nonono – what I wrote is not a perversion of the Nazi ideology but the core essence from the beginning to the end! If you want to talk about a perverted ideology, take communism. The Nazis did what real Nazis do.
Smartass remark #324532: Fascism and National Socialism are not the same.
There were at least a couple of sources I read that said Hitler’s original plans for the Jews was to ship them off to Madagascar, but those plans turned out not to be economically viable. I am well aware of the yawning gulf between communism and fascism!
Communism is the bastardisation of Marxism! And, if you ask me, some of Hitler’s ideas weren’t so crazy and some were tools as opposed to beliefs…
Yes, the Madagascar plan was discussed for a certain time, but that was thought to be a short-term solution. In the long run there was never a doubt that the jews had to disappear completely. Hitler wouldn’t have minded if the jews were all sterilized (even though he surely found satisfaction in gasifying them) so that 100 years later the last jew dies – but he was damn serious about that final status: No jew is alive.
Wow, there are a lot of uptight morons commenting on this. Time for a comment from an easy-going moron.
There’s an apostrophe there, which means those things are a product of some guy called Super Dickmann. I’m guessing some kind of bukkake superhero.
You just made me spill my coffee.
+1
“What’s that up in the sky?”
“It’s a bird”
“No, it’s a plane”
“No, it’s OH, DEAR LORD, NO!”
Haha, the ‘oh, dear lord’ part made me laugh
It reminds me of a quote from a western made in the 1960s.
by ‘easy-going’ do you mean ‘ignorant’ ?
No, I think (s)he meant; “capable of taking/making a joke”
In german the name is intended to be plural, so it is indeed a language fail – funny thing that in german they don’t use an apostrophe in ‘genitiv’ that expresses possession/origin. So it’s a double fail in german language which leads to misunderstanding in english language.
The name indeed says it’s from a guy called super dickman!! XD
well thats not really a ‘product name fail’, thats more like a failblog fail
oh seriously, do you know how old this product is? not funny at all for someone from germany =P
They’ve been around for as long as I can remember (I’m 33) and you can still buy them in almost every grocery store in Holland.
Are they still called dickmann’s? In holland it where ‘negerzoenen’ and there where a lot of people saying that’s racist so they changed it to ‘angels kisses’ but dickmann’s? I’ve never saw them before..
in switzerland they’re sometimes “muslim heads” – yikes…
The really funny thing is that they used to be called “negro kisses”. A terrible name, I know, and they replaced with Dickmann…
Nono they changed it to angels kisses! The actual brand ‘negro kisses’ had to change their name because it was racist. Look up it’s up there! ^
they were too small to be called negerwurst
The xl version isn’t.
I couldn’t sit right for a week after I had one of those
Could you sit left?
not after my stool was pushed in
Granny, you can always make everything a bit grosser then it intentionally was, you’ve got talent.
Talent? He is the MASTER of doing that!!
woo hoo! some skills finally!
I noticed.
mann ist der dick-mann!!!
liebe diese werbung^^
jihiihhihi
NO dickmanns for you!
Let’s see if I can post again…
YAY! Did anybody else have problems this morning?
They were blocking German IP addresses for this fail
*squeeze*
Apparently for the last one too.
*squeeze*
*sigh*
*previous. I’m still sick, please excuse my fails today.
*gives Arthur an excuse slip*
*squeeze*
*gives Arthur a box of dickmann* This may help.
I had some problems yesterday.. All my comments where getting moderated.
Even the ones saying nothing else then ‘hi’
same here
Mine weren’t moderated, they didn’t show up. When I tried to post I got a blank screen. Oh, and I had to re-enter my name and email, which is normally saved.
Yes, I had that to! This morning around 9:30.
I wasn’t on yesterday. Must’ve sucked. I feel sorry for you guys for all the crap you guys apparantly went through.
Hi Arthur. FB was down this morning. Did you think the problem was with you?
*pictures Arthur grabbing head in despair and fiddling with cables and wires*
Picture me emailing 500 times to FB asking why I’m banned.
(Kidding!)
As a German I didn’t find it particularly funny (just a little disturbing), but the comments made my day. =]
Nice to someone who is not that much around here and not posting things like:
LOL! photohsop! Pixesl! Shadowzz!.
Keep up the good work, Jules
These are actually, officially called “foam kisses” now, to be politicially correct (Dickmann’s is just a brand name). Because nowadays, even Germans know it’s not cool to use the word “Neger”.
And, being German myself, I think the slogan “Man, that is huge, man!” is pretty funny. Dickmann’s can’t tell me that double entendre is not intentional …
I have the feeling that Germans like to explain. Nothing against you, Lorelei, but every German fail seems to trigger numerous people to explain all about it.
…everyone’s an expert. But we FBers only trust you, Arthur, for all things German.
…and sometimes non-German.
Like American boxers from the early 1900’s?
He’s our all around go-to guy
That’s one great slogan! ‘that is huge’ is not that great but using man twice makes people refer to it, every time someone says man, …….., man. I will probably remind it myself, unintentionally.
Good morning everyone!
‘morning FSA.
Hey how are you? *squeeze*
I’m here at school waiting until 1:30 (about 9:00 now) for my English exam.
You’d better study a bit more, nothing feels better then getting an A or a 10.
K.
*squeeze*
I already know about half of the exam, since apparantly it is only 2 questions and 1 of them is on Macbeth, the story I have aced this semester.
I’ll take a ten, thank you. *waits, expectantly*
Hey AnnieBunny! I’ve got you message through my webmail
Thanks.
I am good. Why the sad face. Exams usually mean the end is near, no? *hugs*
4 hours of waiting and studying and some FB.
…but as long as you have FB.
Cheer up.
Yay!
I’m sure you’ll like the Dickhardt Street in Berlin, Germany.
… Konrad Dickhardt was a local politician in Berlin.
hahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahaahahahahahaahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
hahahahahahahahahahaha!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!
*deded*
*deded*
*squeeze* Good morning everyone. I have some really bad news. My company blocked FailBlog on me. I think because I was on it so much. I’ll do my best to use my phone to come on, but it’s going to be really tough. *SQUEEZE* I’ll miss you guys!
Oh noooo!
*squeezies*
OH NO!!! That sucks mr cuddles.
Reeeeeeeally sucks!!!! *squeeze*
Damn company! The nerve!
*squeeze*
At one point, my company had the Engrish website blocked. They released it for whatever reason.
*bunny squeeze* sniffle….
If you’re brave enough you can look here for some ideas.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-methods-to-bypass-blocked-sites/
It’s easy to get around filters, especially if you can use RDP (many jobs have to use it). I did it in the Army and at my last job.
Don’t know if my posts have started to show up, but I tried.
That both sucks and blows…
Mr. Cuddles
Aw…
*squeeze*
i’ll let you know when I have my proxy server set up *squeeze*
Now there’s an idea!
If the Chinese can get around their govt firewalls, we should be able to get mr cuddles around a lousy corporate screen!!
Now take the chocolate dickmann and RUB IT ALL OVER YOUR MOUTH!
uhmmm sorry I don’t know where that came from
HAHAHA! There was a picture of you in your younger years on the voting page a few days ago.
By the way is that a dwarf next to the facial guy?
Um…that is a child. A person that has not come to full ripeness. They tend to be on the short side. You might have seen them around.
A what?!? Aaah, you’re making that up, right?
I’m sure that little basterd will be on the blog soon, stupid summertime….*grumbles something in German*
Someone who lives in Germany, please send me a box of these . . . they look yummy!
Last summer they had some with almond pieces. Very tasty!
So that’s what happened to me yesterday. I tried to post for the first time here yesterday, but got nothing. I’ve been hiding in the corner looking at every page on failblog for the last week now. didn’t want to annoy the crap out everyone by posting a dozen times about my missing posts like one guy I remember seeing on here.
Those are actually pretty popular around here. And everyone knows about the innuendo. It’s even in the freaking slogan.
“Mann, ist der dick-mann, Super Dickmanns”
It’s a Dutch product from origin, here they are called ‘NEGERZOENEN’ or in English: ‘NIGGER KISSES’ xD
Does anyone actually still read the whole thread before posting? Or is there some perverse pleasure in sounding like a broken record that I’m missing out on.
This is a wellknown product in Europe, Dickmanns is a wellknown brand.
In Holland it is cold Negro’s kiss, in France Negro’s head.
Dude, the hell is wrong with all the people posting the stupid history of these stupid snacks?
Trolls…bloody trolls…
*goes off to do work*
Seriously. And *squeeze* Good morning Mal!
Hi Mal! Did you know that these were called “Negerküsse” several years ago? Then the name wasn’t PC anymore, so they changed it to the company’s name – “Dickmanns”. Oh, and “dick” means thick, fat or large in German. Just so you know.
*squeezes all and takes a bow*
Arthur has become a troll! Skynet has won…
*takes three Dickmanns at once and dies*
(wow…that sounds totally…)
Oh, and Germans also tink a Coke with it. Ha hah!
(or is it trink…sorry…)
(it is…never mind…)
But, what does “dick” mean in German? Would somebody please tell me?
Sure. It means “penis”. You’re welcome.
Or an abbreviation for Richard?
Arod?
We call them “Snowballs” in Australia.
Ours are dipped in coconut, just like lamingtons.
Snowballs… more sexual connotations…
Ha, I love it.
Not the Fail, but the comments. Someone says: “Hey, thats funny, say call it “dick”" and some like 50 people answer to this comment like: “Hey, you moron, there are more languages than English! THis is German, and in German it is not funny!”
Btw. I am German, and I know them, and I have to say that the name IS funny. First, it is even funny if you don’t know the English meaning of “dick” and, second, about 70% of Germans speak English pretty well and know exactly what it means, so it is funny!
*CLAPS*
It’s a bloody joke… and isn’t meant to be a knock on anyone/thing German/Germanic/Germane. Please don’t be so super cereal. It’s goes against the spirit of this page.
*removes ’s quickly*
*squeeze*
Having a bad day, Mal?
But I really wanted to be Super Trix!!!!!!
Everybody is German today.
I’m half german, half slovak and half polish.
That’s more than half!
B2F: you must be fat, man.
It’s due to inflation.
Mathematics FAIL!
Unless you are one-and-a-half person…
Perhaps YOU are the Dickmann / Fatman ?
It like the german word for shower. But i’m guessing about 90% of the people here dont know it, and i wont get into it for it will just bring more little kids to laugh, and for all we know the lolcat people may come see whats up. Maybe they will bring cake though….
*comes skipping in, feeling mountain fresh*
Cake, you say you want cake?
Isn’t the “German” word for shower an appropriated French word for shower? Which is “douche”, of course ::giggles:: No, just kidding—I don’t think that’s very funny.
What *I* think is funny, is how we Americans started using the word “douche” for a flow of water that doesn’t shower downward, but is actually squirted upward….I mean, WTH? How did that happen?
dick=big
not funny
greetings from germany
and you dont will get a dickmann
You just got yourself a dickman (yes 1 n) for your proper english.
*arranges that*
And you are not getting a dickmann
*/arranges that*
.
Sorry that was kind of rude.
*offers ice cream sundae with rudeness on top*
Would you like extra nuts?
plz play tibia !
Sorry, I don’t want to play “tibia”, ever again. I had enough a few years ago, what with the broken tibial plateau, the spiral fracture which took an external fixator, and months of no walking … yep, that was enough for me!!
No thanks.
I’m from the US and I don’t find your spam funny.
hehe. This is the only time I am thankful for all these damn firewalls my company has.
*flicks Leila*
Well, I do enjoy a good flicking every now and then.
I get a page with a dancing troll, is that what is suppose to happen?
FUNNY IN NEW JERSEY!
Yup. I laughed. Some people are just boring. I miss living in Dirty Jersey “The Garbage State” lol
Bright future for that kid holding a SUPER DICKmanns…
I dont get it?
did he die?
well, they suck anyway..
..
anyone know cologne folk singer “king size dick”?
i think he changed his name by now, though..
reminds me of fishdicks
Hey! *I* wrote that joke! I want credit!!
I dont see the fail here, the name means “super fattys”. This is one of the most popular german sweets.
Wow, how funny. Hilarious actually.
If you’re a retard that never heard of the existence of other languages, that is.
If you ever make it to germany try one of them. They’re actually really good.
Guess why they laugh…
*shakes head* people…IF you want to make such a joke, you should have looked up a pic of eclairs with one of their alternate german names visible:
Liebesknochen
Now have fun translating this and then thing about it…
Bah, ThinK, not thing….>_> My bad
Here in Holland they used to be called ‘negro-kisses’
They were called that in germany as well, until people though sweets need to be political correct
Super gross.
Dickmans is a local NJ company. Still funny.
nur super dickmanns sind superdickmanns
Oh man — these are GOOD. There’s a small shortbread-type cookie on top, with this huge, creamy marshmallow from hell on top (the StaPuft man only WISHES he was this good) then topped in dark chocolate. They’re a specialty in the Nordrhein region of Germany, and I want one NOW.
You cannot say ANYTHING against dickmänner they are DELICIOUS, YUMMY, TASTY, and whatnot…
Once you pop, you can’t stop.
Dick is a name dumbass and these taste really good they’re like marshmallow but creamier and with a chocolat coating
Is that Alan Thicke?
You guys from the US call people Dick. That is much more funny than Dickmanns!
Lol look at his nose
uhh… i saw nothing. (backs away from image slowly)
I think the kid has mild achondroplasia as well.
I LOVE THESE!
they’re so yummy!
Okay, if this was a US ad aimed at English-speaking consumers, this would be funny, But it’s a German product, aimed at German-speaking consumers. No fail here. Just stupid people who think this is funny because the German word “dick” means something else in English.
Actually the fail here is that these used to be called negro kisses in my country. (not in English)
german xD the were name “negerkuss” (nigerkiss) than “Dickmann” lol
It could be worse.. It could be Mandicks..
i AM german, and DICK means chubby or fat or big. they just want to say that these chocolate candy things are big and tastyyy
so i dont think thats funny.
but i understand people who think dick= penis, because they dont know german.
^^
I’m a german too. I don’t like Dickmanns, but theres a companie who produces water. And his name is ASS XD
ehh, in our country (netherlands)
we actually sell these things.
always tought they where funny
I got some of these years and years ago while I was in Germany. You should see what it says on the back!
@Me
I live in Belgium
and its always fun to go into the store and see an isle of mini and super dickmans…bit of a shock the first time I saw them though.
heres an ad for them!
c’mon. first, sorry for my bad english.
im german.
they called negerkuss or mohrenkopf (since 1892 ! http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohrenkopf_(Geb%C3%A4ck))
neger in first, is not a bad word ! it means NOT the us-american-badword ni**er ! it means only: people with black color (dark, black, say like u want).
but some i-make-the-world-better people thought, this neger is racism, so u dont use the word offical anymore. but in private, they called Neger, the black/dark people. nothing to harm.
and no german say: schokokuss or something – its called Mohrenkopf or negerkuss. thats because the first Mohrenkopf looks like a head (kopf) from an neger/mohr – thats all. the first (1892) got lips and eyes made of sugar – they looked like – so they called like .-)
and here are others colors too: white , brown and black Negerküsse http://www.lol-o-mat.de/media/753_80_80
So what? There is nothing wrong with a product called Dickmanns. It’sa obiously a german product, or the person who founded the company is german. The name means Fat man
I want one
Those things are great. For real fail though, you need the Danish/Swedish old name for them: Negroballs
damnit if i hadn’t taken german i’d think this was funny
XD i still laughed at first
This no product name fail, this is an Failblog fail.
what about slippery dick ? ;]
does NO ONE notice the kid looks like a potential pedophile???
These are popular in Germany! The name doesn’t sound funny over here.
Apropos German language… Did any of my german kollegas realize the perfect german grammar in the add below saying “nehmen sie der todestest!”? what really convinced me was the price of only 3 € a week! smashing! guess someone should put that on failblog as maybe… “todestest fail!!” Uahaha
oh and the dickmann thing: not funny… at least not for german people. but i guess it was only a matter of time untill someone would abuse this name for… let’s say: “concerns of entertainment”? how about renaming them “schwanzmann’s” ? that’s what i’d call funny
They’re full of cream too P:
ahahha those nasty germans….. xD
Well DIckmanns are really Tasty =3
…. well …. this proves something…. you guys dont know jack … DICK means FAT and MANN means MAN …. so wheres the fail….. oh i see the guy thinking its a fail failed ….. nice i found the fail….
Never thought about it what it means in other languages. Nice… xD