h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

you never know with catholic born...

I've never heard about a woman called Ludwig, though.

but he was born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies

atleast 50% female...

Hello Pheloxi

hallo, lil darling

For some odd reason Maria has been used as male and female name alike. Just think of Rainer Maria Rilke.

like I said it is the catholics...

plus he ended up being an american, so there

So he's from everywhere except the Netherlands, really. But he's from right by the border.

I do not think the Dutch catholics will like your remark
...I think the southern Dutch provinces will miss their carnival too much
...and the catholic public broadcaster might be loosing the right to broadcast

but thanks for another generalisation of the Dutch...

** everywhere except the Netherlands **

implies to me you think there are no catholics in the Netherlands...

No. I meant that as a joke, because we've established he was German and later American. Touchy much?

me is catholic...me is up north - nothing above it...

Nobody's interested in van der Rohe's faith, pheloxi. It was you who brought it up. Mala only made a joke because I thought he was Dutch, and then I had to learn that he was German and American, but still not Dutch. That's all. She didn't imply anything.

sorry Bell, but I do not always see the joke. I do not know if you noticed by now that I have on a regular basis. it might be short coming of mine, but it is part of me.

Yes, I know. I don't always get the jokes here, either.

As far as I know, LMvdR's only well-known "religious" statement was "God is in the detail" - whether that God was Allah or Manitu or Zeus, he never specified.

So,

Maria = Ludwig

Marion = John Wayne

Shirley = Big Daddy Crabtree (wrestler)


No wonder Johnny Cash sang about a Boy Named Sue!