@sarahbecan I did an apprenticeship in electrical engineering...

@sarahbecan I did an apprenticeship in electrical engineering in Germany. The instructors there were a bit older, and the saying applied there:

"Solang das deutsche Reich besteht, werden Schrauben rechts gedreht."

"As long as the German Reich exists, screws will be turned to the right."

As you can see, it rhymes better in German.

The German Reich no longer exists, but screws continue to be tightened to the right.

Like 19 Apr 2023 at 9:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on troet.cafe

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Christian Biggins

@KleinerWuuki @sarahbecan wow! I'm not sure I want that on a t-shirt.

19 Apr 2023 at 9:49 | Open on aus.social

Angel

@biggie @sarahbecan I am not so sure either 🙈

19 Apr 2023 at 10:23 | Open on troet.cafe

Central Illumination Agency

@KleinerWuuki @sarahbecan I *think* (but don’t know) that the historical background for the German saying is this:

General technical norms (eg. which way to thread a screw) only really began to be established when the German states were unified into the Reich in 1871.

Before that, most states would have had their own norms, or none at all.

19 Apr 2023 at 15:02 | Open on chaos.social

Angel

@slothrop @sarahbecan That certainly sounds plausible. But whether it is exactly like that, I unfortunately don't know either.

19 Apr 2023 at 15:13 | Open on troet.cafe

Vik

@KleinerWuuki
Of course this does not verify it, but I got the same explanation. The Deutsche Reich was the first county (in Central Europe) to establish norms for things like screws.
@slothrop @sarahbecan

19 Apr 2023 at 15:50 | Open on literatur.social

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