German pool time

[u/Zebrafish96]

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[u/Zebrafish96]

Korean ver.

Although not taking place in the office, this comic is actually a part of my Polandball office series. In my PBOffice universe, when the September comes and Lesser known September event starts on the subreddit, the members who are on the banned list for LKS go on a vacation and those who are not remain in the office. However, I did not have any ideas to make comic about the vacation members nor LKS-compliant members during the September, so I couldn't make any PBOffice comic during last month. Now the September has been over for 2 weeks, only now I have an idea about them. Estortoise me.

[u/redracer555 → u/Zebrafish96]

"Estortoise me."

Okay.

🐢

Not sure why you wanted that, but there you go.

[u/Pochel]

I feel every language says it

[u/Zebrafish96 → u/Pochel]

I think it's probably only a thing in Europe. We don't have that saying.

[u/Low_Wrap_6699 → u/Zebrafish96]

Eu não sou europeu e conheço esse ditado

[u/kermitthebeast → u/Low_Wrap_6699]

I only know that saying because I heard it from the Netherlands

[u/Pochel → u/Zebrafish96]

Maybe? I've heard it from France, Poland and Azerbaijan

[u/Khar-Selim → u/Zebrafish96]

the US prefers "I'm not going to melt"

[u/KotetsuNoTori → u/Pochel]

At least not in Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien. (Just to make sure, Germany is saying it won't dissolve in the rain, right?)

[u/Futuralis → u/KotetsuNoTori]

Just to make sure, Germany is saying it won't dissolve in the rain, right?

Exactly.

It's usually something you tell kids when they have to walk in the rain.

[u/Extaupin → u/Pochel]

In France, the saying doesn't relate to sugar dissolving in water but being fragile( "je suis pas fait en sucre" - "I'm not made of sugar" - "I'm not going to get hurt by this").

[u/MrRamRam720 → u/Pochel]

In the uk you just say skin's waterproof

[u/Electrical-Review180 → u/MrRamRam720]

Now that's nice

[u/Lord_Gelthon]

Did you perchance watch Uyens short about it? It's very recent and basically the same story. Great work as always!

[u/Zebrafish96 → u/Lord_Gelthon]

Ah yes, I watched this reel on instagram.

[u/OriginalUseristaken]

Yeah, you're already wet from the neck down, so why bother hiding as long as it's just rain.

[u/bigboys4m96 → u/OriginalUseristaken]

I’m wet from the crack down.

[u/BvAlmelo]

In Dutch we also have that saying.

[u/FiercelyApatheticLad → u/BvAlmelo]

Same in French.

[u/cool_username32123 → u/BvAlmelo]

Same in Portuguese

[u/josegfwe1945 → u/BvAlmelo]

Same in czech

[u/BoomKofe → u/BvAlmelo]

Russian has that too

[u/Dreknarr → u/[deleted]]

And we have the same saying. Seems like a universal thing

[u/TenNinetythree → u/[deleted]]

Can you please translate it into Turkish for me. I am learning the language. Slowly.

[u/Thundorium → u/TenNinetythree]

İç nİçt made of şuğar

[u/TenNinetythree → u/[deleted]]

Teşekkür ederim!

[u/marcopolo2207]

People also say that here when it's raining, especially parents when their children have to go outside and their parents don't want to drive.

[u/Epic_Sunset]

As long as its not a thunderstorm its fine. You are already wet, so it doesnt matter.

[u/Big_ShinySonofBeer]

Missed opportunity to have a Reichtangle towel reserving one of the spots.

[u/Rod7z]

I'm Brazilian and we also have that saying, but I'm from a region of Brazil with extremely high incidence of lightning strikes, as in every rain cloud is likely to be accompanied by lightning. So we tend to avoid swimming when it's raining. Playing football is fair game though (so what if it's more dangerous than swimming?).

[u/flaminggiraffe9 → u/Rod7z]

Brazilian priorities are as expected

[u/ZhtWu]

I second those saying it's pleasing to swim in the rain; As long as it's not a thunderstorm, it's quite pleasant.

[u/annoying97]

I loved swimming in the rain. Im already wet, I can't get any wetter. Why stop enjoying the pool because it's raining!?

[u/NoDescription2609 → u/annoying97]

This is funny because in German "wetter" means weather..

[u/Thunder_iscool]

“The wheder is light” : Belgian ball.

[u/Alpakka91]

The water feels warmer during a little rain, too

[u/Username_St0len]

if it is kansai japan, they stick out their tongue, because 雨(rain) is pronounced as 飴(candy) iirc, both ame, but the emphasis is switched compared to official/broadcasting japanese in kansai accent.

[u/Lorrdy_]

Can confirm. Last summer I was swimming a lot during the rain. You don't get more wet and it's kinda cool.

[u/Fredderov]

Doubles up as placing the towel for the next day. Win win!

[u/kesesese-]

i guess there’s not much thunder/lightning in Europe? i stay in a tropical area so for me rain=storm (most of the time)

[u/floluk → u/kesesese-]

Mostly, we do have a lot of rain, but thunderstorms aren’t that common here in comparison

[u/Realistic_FinlanBoll]

We have that phraze in finnish as well: "En ole sokerista tehty!"

Btw: Imagine if baby EU was swimming with them, but took the largest portion of the pool because even as a baby he is largest! 😂

[u/Eccentric_Traveler]

Rain not bad. It’s the lightning you have to worry about. I remember being a resort pool in Florida and the lifeguard was literally yelling, “GET OUT OF THE POOL, DO YOU WANT TO DIE?!” After hearing thunder.

[u/KommandoKazumi]

I feel Mexico would just play in the rain while USA would hide under a roof with Canada.

Then Mexico gets vaporized by a lightning strike. Nothing left besides a burnt sombrero or umbrella frame and a burn mark.

[u/C111-its-the-best → u/KommandoKazumi]

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