Ruf mich!

The obviously rhetorical question that Ginga and Minga put earlier today - who knew Germans can be funny AND hot - just as obviously got me thinking about the funny and/or hot Germans that I know of.

First, funny. A word that applies - if you ask me - to beleaguered German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Serious. My proof? Not too long ago, Nicolas Sarkozy (known in the Anglo-Saxon press as the "hyperactive" French president and in the French press as the "bling bling" president) had a meeting with Traian Basescu, the Romanian president, to sign a partnership. Traian lent Nicolas a pen to sign the document with. Nicolas took a liking to pen and, after copping a couple of pervs (at the pen), asked Traian if he could keep it - of course, Traian did what he had to do. And, not too long afterwards, so did Angela, "for [Nicolas's] collection."

Now for the best part: hot. Personified in at least two German politicians that I know of. One is Cem Ozdemir, co-leader of the German Greens:

The other (if you like your boys a bit more mature) is Klaus Wowereit, who, as it happens, is the mayor of... Berlin:

Disclaimer: Of course, if there's a German that my heart will always belong to, it is - as Ginga and Minga know - **** ******, tax partner at ****** *******. Sei ganz lieb gedrückt! You know who you are.