One of Jens' Finer Moments
Germany is a great place to be after a s**tty day. Especially in mid-to-late September. With the chronologically-challenged Oktoberfest in full swing, it’s a great outlet for drinking your problems into oblivion.
And if you happen to be an overrated keeper to whom enough bad things can’t happen, you can bring what’s left of your career into oblivion with you after you get caught at said fest.
Whither Jens Lehmann as apparently in Germany you need permission to get drunk. Really? I thought drinking was mandatory in Deutschland.
The ex-Arsenal and current Stutggart keeper was found putting back a few and chatting up chicks at the München soiree hours after a 2-0 loss to crap side Cologne. And because he didn’t clear it with the club, he’s been dropped from the squad for at least one match.
Don’t feel too bad for Wenger’s curly-haired ex-boyfriend though. Stutggart’s next match is a German Cup tilt against fourth-division side VfB Luebeck. So this is kind of like when Bobby Bowden finds out a stud DB has been caught fencing stolen bibles and taking the proceeds to buy crack for neighborhood babies, then suspends the player for one game against Wellesley.
Lehmann said his Oktoberfest shenannigans was a charity event. Hmm… well for someone with his douche-quotient, getting laid might actually be considered charity. There are pics here.
And in true lede-burying fashion, it turns out the real story isn’t that Jens is a putz, but that there is a photo-essay grading how well various German football players are doing with das ladies.
Pretty sure the winner here is Lothar Mattaüs.
It’s pretty clear that the Germans have created an event that is far better than Halloween and without any of the pretext. You get dressed up and there is no thought to the costume. All guys where lederhosen and the women where a Beer Maid outfit, sexy of course. Plus, the whole event is a celebration of beer and the drinking of it.
Halloween we have stupid s**t to deal with like kids and trick or treating. Plus, the costumes aren’t always sexy.
Next year is the 200th Oktoberfest. Field trip!
How dare you call Cologne a crap side! Just look at their logo:
http://www.theworldcupingermany.com/artman/uploads/football_club_logo3.jpg
Also, I just found out there’s a somewhat German restaurant in town owned by a couple of Austrians that’s celebrating Oktoberfest. So I’m pretty stoked about that.