 | "Folders are full to bursting", but that misses the pun in German: "brechend" can mean both "bursting" and "vomiting". The Wormser Zeitung, a local newspaper in Worms, Germany, carried this article about Gerd Clemens and his bag habit on 31 March 2010. The accompanying photo has a beaming Gerd with the usual photogenic bags: Finnaviation's barfing reindeer, TUI's bright yellow "Take it with a smile", and a selection of the Virgin Atlantic Limited Edition series. As a result of the article, the media pack descended on the Clemens household: Gerd says that SWR, a TV channel, carried a story about him in its local news programme on 21 April. "Wormser Zeitung"? Schoolboys will perhaps recall another reason to remember Worms, Gerd's hometown: the entertainingly named Diet of Worms, held in 1521, in which Holy Roman Empire worthies quizzed Martin Luther. Who said you couldn't learn anything as a bag collector? Click here for the original Wormser Zeitung article, or here for a PDF version. Bagophily.com recommends Google Translate for those whose German is not up to par. |