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Vaffanculo-Day (Leck-mich-am-Arsch-Tag)
I think Der Spiegel sanitised that a bit. It's more like "go fuck yourself day".

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 03:16:25 AM EST
Ah. I wondered about that.

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu
by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Sat Apr 12th, 2008 at 02:28:54 PM EST
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It is even worse, or better, depending on your perspective.

From wiktionary:

Contraction of "va a fare in culo"; literally: "go away and have a sexual intercourse into the anus".

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 05:36:33 AM EST
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Our esteemed SCOTUS member, Antonin Scalia, is quite familiar with the phrase....

He used the gesticular version when asked a question he didn't like by a reporter -- in a Catholic church no less! What would his mama say!?

From a Boston Herald article in 2006:


by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 05:45:58 AM EST
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Well, yes, "go get sodomised", but that's not English.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 05:46:23 AM EST
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Actually, I'd think that "go bugger yourself" might fit.

- Jake

And yes, we in Europe might get bread and circus, but in the US I'm not sure, if they haven't somehow managed, to make only circus, but no bread.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Apr 13th, 2008 at 05:49:24 AM EST
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