German Word Of The Day

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Putzfimmel: Noun; An obsession with cleaning
Now I don't want any comments about the fact that I am making fun of Germany's preoccupation with cleanliness. I am German myself, so I can get away with it. As a matter of fact, I have been accused of having a Putzfimmel, though you could not tell from my house at the moment, what with me heading off to Manhattan every day for the last two weeks. I just thought the above picture kind of illustrated the Teutonic obsession with keeping thinks spic-and-span.
Now if Luft'waffe' were not so expensive from New York, I would fly them instead of those other, slightly dirtier airlines.