What's in a name?

An amusing forecast from His Loveliness, as he was introduced via caption as "Presenter Name" on the 13:56 bulletin. The tanfastic Tomasz had to introduce himself in his typically charming manner...



I think yesterday I may have tempted Tomasz into a minor slip-up today, since he confused a certain nation with Wales... ooh they'll be getting the wicker-man out again [haha]. At least we got *the smile* at the end.

Speaking of The Divine One's name, he gets a special mention in Viz this month (out in the shop in the next few days). Of course it would be overly pedantic to point out that Tomasz's surname is Austrian, rather than Polish-- so I won't.



This again raises the question of what Schafnernaker means? Given it's not a standard German-language word, it's Austrian in the sense of Austrian dialect. Schaf(e) is German for sheep, and Schäfer is shepherd-- but what of "naker"? I know "nack" is naked in standard German-- so perhaps 'sheep-nakeder'-- that is sheep-shearer?

Answers on a postcard. Or via the comments section below, will suffice.

Danke schön

Aroit moy flowurrr

After a much-missed absence, Simon McCoy's and Tomasz's bromance is back on! Clearly a lot of resolved tension here; with Simon linking to The Schaf from an article about a plant, in an intriguingly twee fashion. Never mind a studio, these two need to get a room...



Aaaah, how sweet...


Tomasz is still utterly adorable though, especially with that stubble. I've certainly had a flowerly day-- Tomasz makes me want to arrange my bouquet. Especially after the masterful way he bossed the gallery around.

My spies tell me (some of us have to work during the day), that The Schaf was worried Simon was going to come up with a sheep-related term of "endearment" after a story about our ovine friends. No doubt Tomasz would've felt 'sheepish' about that
[Hahaha... long pause..haha. longer pause.. ha]

Although I'm saddened to see some of the responses to the Youtube clip ^, saying Tomasz had "a sense of humour failure" and the banter was "misjudged".

What? Tomasz clearly amused by Simon's comment, laughing and smiling. His reaction was clearly one of mock-outrage, and his comments were clearly to wind Simon up-- especially considering their past spars! If people want sense-of-humour failure and misjudged banter, they should watch Eastenders [haha]