My father is! He emigrated and his new wife soon put a stop to such barbaric ways. We still eat carp at christmas though. It's the one time a year my dad works the kitchen. And pea soup and houbovec; combined with South German potato salad and maybe one more dish I don't remember now. They were trying hard to combine traditions. It all used to be extremely exhausting.
You need some very basic knowledge of late 1960s Czechoslovak history. Waves (Vlny) (2024) could provide that but your Czech father has told you, I think.
As far as puns go, I only remember "olovo volovo" (asshat's lead, as in lead-pouring) but it's not too important.
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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 10 pts · 288d
treefiddy
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 287d
Landlords fear the apartment carp farmer.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 4 pts · 288d
Back in the 80s our Xmas carp used to swim in the bathtub for a day or two; until my father went to work on it.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 287d
Are you Czech?
Relevant: Carpe Diem, animated short film inspired by Cozy Dens and Animal Crossing [vimeo]
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 287d
My father is! He emigrated and his new wife soon put a stop to such barbaric ways. We still eat carp at christmas though. It's the one time a year my dad works the kitchen. And pea soup and houbovec; combined with South German potato salad and maybe one more dish I don't remember now. They were trying hard to combine traditions. It all used to be extremely exhausting.
rapchee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d
wow, somebody else does the killing! much civilised!
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 287d
It does shorten the carp's suffering by a ride home outside water plus the 1-2 days it would live in the tub.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 287d
Have you seen Cozy Dens (Pelíšky)? As far as our Christmas classics go, it's second only to Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku).
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 287d
No! Maybe my mom knows it. If it relies on verbal wit I doubt I'd be able to enjoy it.
This I watched a few times, with children. In German (Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel). It's an amazingly beautiful film and great production.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 287d
You need some very basic knowledge of late 1960s Czechoslovak history. Waves (Vlny) (2024) could provide that but your Czech father has told you, I think.
As far as puns go, I only remember "olovo volovo" (asshat's lead, as in lead-pouring) but it's not too important.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 288d
Glug glug, buy me!
Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 288d
Sold
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 288d
It will get 3 dollars
stream_bone@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 287d
Gee Johnny, I don't have a dime.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d
I don't want a dime. I want. Two dollars.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 287d
Christmas carp scales in a piggybank are said to bring money