Man, I'm all over the place at the mo. It all started to go a bit weird this morning when I discovered a fourth part of the psychischer Apparat that make up Freud's structural model of the psyche. In addition to the Id, Ego and Super-Ego it turns out that there is also the Ulm. Not sure what it does for now, but it's a pretty radical development and I've had clinical psychologists on the phone all morning.
Now that all might sound like nonsense, but I'd like you to consider this: Freud's original Deutsche terms for the structural model were 'das Es', 'das Ich' und 'das Über-Ich'. When reaching into my head for a term for the fourth part of the model, without any conscious effort I stumbled upon the word 'Ulm'. Sounds a bit Germanic - odd that I should settle for that when the translated terms are latinate - and indeed as I ruminated upon it I realised that it is an actual place in Germany. I had probably heard it from the Monty Python's Flying Circus (do I really need to cite this landmark comedy programme as my Third Telly Recommendation? I do. Ok, done. (oh, and while I'm here I'll confess that I much prefer the series to the films. No, always have done. Not even sure if I've seen Life of Brian all the way through. Like the sketches more, so that's why And Now For Something Completely Different is my favourite Python film (I guess that makes it the Second Film Recommendation (the version of the Mouse Organ (not to be confused with the Mouse Organ from Fourth Telly Recommendation Bagpuss) in it is better than the TV one, I think (Is that contradicting what I said about the telly being better than the films? (no)))))) sketch featuring Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplendenschlittercrasscrenbonfrieddiggerdangledungleburstein von Knackerthrasherapplebangerhorowitzticolensicgranderknottyspelltinklegrandlichgrumblemeyerspelterwasserkurstlichhimbleeisenbahnwagengutenabendbitteeinnürnburgerbratwustlegerspurtenmitzweimacheauuberhundsfutgumberabershönendankerkalbsfleischmittleraucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
But get this. In the Film Forbidden Planet (hmm, that's pretty good, I'd better make it my Third Film Recommendation (featuring 'electronic tonalities' by Louis and Bebe Barron)) there is an Id monster.
And in Germany there is an Ulm Münster. 
It's the tallest church in the world! And Leslie Nielsen sounds like a German name! Everything is connected!
What? You think that's a bit of a stretch? Then I'll leave you with German choir The Happy Disharmonists doing their version of an Abba song and a Monty Python sketch. You see, I'm not as mad as you think.
Or am I?
More soonliest
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