Note left on car in Germany, not sure if complimentary

[Peterpetrole]

"Bitte Autotalken Lernen! Witzfigur (with a heart symbol at the end).

This was after I pulled into a parking space without indicating. Is this a flirty note? What's the meaning?

[Glassman]

Polite sarcasm.

[Alex_225]

Google translate has it as,

"Please learn to autotalk!"

I assume the last word is indicate. I'm not sure it's a compliment either haha

[Monkeylegend]

Google witzfigur and you will understand

[InitialDave]

"Please learn to signal you clown"

[normalbloke]

Not quite the hot date you were hoping for?

[Glassman]

Peterpetrole said:

Is this a flirty note?

Yes, he's asking if you fancy a bum.

[Watcher of the skies]

His hovercraft is full of eels.

[Peterpetrole]

normalbloke said:

Not quite the hot date you were hoping for?

She'd lost her glow a bit tbf but in theory German ladies are fine for me

[king arthur]

Just write back "Ich bin ein Londoner" and all will be forgiven.

[daqinggregg]

Its code for, “Do you fancy, indulging in a spot of coprophilia” The Germans have a penchant for that kind of thing, don’t you know.

[Joseph Ducreux]

Autotalken = Autofahren? (if it's difficult to read)

If so, then it's along the lines of "Please learn to drive, you joker!"

[Robertb]

I think we need the backstory!

[Peterpetrole]

Joseph Ducreux said:

Autotalken = Autofahren? (if it's difficult to read)

If so, then it's along the lines of "Please learn to drive, you joker!"

Ah yes sorry, I had screwed the note up then unscrewed it later - it is "autofahren" not "autotalken"

So we have established beyond reasonable doubt it is:

Please learn to drive you joker (with love)

[4Mille 5Cento]

Writing a note for 1 missing indication seems excessive ,I wonder how many notes our German friend gets through per day ?

[oldaudi]

I work with Germans…. They can buy this sort of thing pre printed

das ist ihr Weg.

Edited by oldaudi on Friday 11th October 19:50

[ClaphamBoxS]

Are you sure they aren’t just asking for a Waldorf Salad.. ? that’s as long as you haven’t run out of Waldorfs…

[dcb]

oldaudi said:

I work with Germans…. They can buy this sort of thing pre printed

das ist ihr Weg.

Edited by oldaudi on Friday 11th October 19:50

That's great ! Typical of the Germans to have this organised
and the nearest I've seen to German comedy for a long time.

Where can I buy the English version ?
I think a block of 100 of those wouldn't last a week in my hands.

[Hereward]

Peterpetrole said:

...This was after I pulled into a parking space without indicating...

Why didn't you indicate? Was everything happening too fast?

[BOR]

We'd been living in Germany for about 6 months when my wife gets one of these.

oldaudi said:

I work with Germans…. They can buy this sort of thing pre printed

das ist ihr Weg.

Edited by oldaudi on Friday 11th October 19:50

I can't remember how obvious it was now, but we were certainly taken in.

My office was next to a police station so we went in and asked them what the story was.

They laughed and told us it was a fake/joke.