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The Honourable Husband

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Marty is a talkative Australian/American ad guy living in Germany. He and his Japanese husband regularly find new reasons to think the other odd.

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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This weekend sees a retreat at the Seminarhaus in Grainau, at the base of the #Zugspitze in the Alps. I can’t attend every year, but always enjoy both the atmosphere and the gentle good vibes. The view from our balcony is awesome, and the town is so charming it almost looks fake.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today is the first day of #Oktoberfest here in #Munich. The city is full of jolly people in Lederhosen and Dirndl, traditional Bavarian folk costume called Tracht, heading off to the meadow for some day-drinking merriment. They’re all speaking English or Italian. #München #dailywalk
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To a clueless person like me, it felt clever!
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today’s rather clever #Denglisch: hap-pi. Not being a native German speaker, it took me a while to fully appreciate the pun on this birthday card. In German, pi is not pronounced “pie”, but rather “pee”. The joke relies on what linguists call Spelling Pronunciation. #linguisticsnerd
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
No low-class clowning in this elevator! Please bounce with detached amusement, like a New Yorker cartoon. #Shanghai
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
No low-class clowning in this elevator! Please bounce with detached amusement, like a New Yorker cartoon. #Shanghai
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bought some take-away sushi at a convenience store in Shanghai Airport. “Can I warm that up for you?” asked the attendant, helpfully.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I‘m in transit to Shanghai, so that‘s what it‘s relative to.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happiness in Helsinki is…relative.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BTW, I just noticed that this photo is ever so minutely out of square, and now it’s driving me crazy! #neurodiverselife
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2. It reminds me of the embedded figures tests I took as a psych student/lab rat at university. I always aced these tests. Only later did I find out that it’s a marker for high functioning autism.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
1. This colonnade in the #Hofgarten brings order and structure to complex shapes, in a way which pleases my quirkily neurodiverse brain. …/2 #München #Munich #dailywalk
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For my fellow #jazznerds. Blossom Dearie singing It Might as Well be Spring in French is the sexiest thing I ever heard. It almost turned me straight. Almost. youtu.be/-BmYwFb5EmQ?...
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It Might As Well Be Spring
YouTube video by Blossom Dearie - Topic
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
When we eventually get a chance to speak in 3D, we should chat about ND. I find the German cultural environment quite friendly toward it.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This #Munich bus driver is signalling to us that he’s on a break. Good work hygiene. I have a mild neurodiversity for which I value moments of personal privacy. Too often I’ve suffered in a #workplace where in my “breaks” colleagues felt they could disturb me, and I felt half-off/half-on.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As many will know, sucuk is a sausage made popular in Germany thanks to the Turkish community. As an English-speaking gent of a certain persuasion, I misread this sign in a predictably titillating way. I’ve enjoyed a sausage or two over the years, but as a married man, usually eat at home. 😉
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse? That wasn’t even an eclair! #Munich was supposed to be the best city in Germany to see #solareclipse2026, but it was so near sunset that I didn’t feel the full darkness-at-noon apocalypse vibe. Cool light on the local buildings, tho. #sonnenfinsternis2026 #dailywalk meets #nightlystroll
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Soßenschiff would be a delightful German word, wouldn’t it? Let’s make it happen!
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Munich Hauptbahnhof was bad even before they turned it into a construction-zone nightmare. Hot tip if you’re ever stuck there again: lobby lounge at 25 Hours Hotel across the plaza.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
At least my mother’s dinner set matches. Much of it was a wedding present from my Great-Aunt Martha, and I added more over the years since inheriting it. Gravy boat = surprisingly useful. #Franciscanware
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Our glassware isn’t mismatched. It’s “curated”.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 15/07/2024
It’s tough being a Dorothy Parker in a world full of Oprah.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I prefer the German one, actually. Mehr raffiniert.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
10/10 for my husband’s mad kitchen skillz. 3/10 for the supermarket burger buns, which disintegrated at the slightest whiff of anything juicy. Stingy with the sesame seeds, too, the bastards!
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Getting together with the awesome Munich BlueSky crew at a beer garden tomorrow night, where I’ll likely enjoy my customary carb-cheat-day burger. Why, then, are we having burgers TODAY? Because shut up why the hell not toss the cat another goldfish, that’s why. #foodporn #esserotik
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Of the three, my favourite is “just difficult.” #grumpy #cranky #getoffmylawn
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Touché!
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
When I get hot and bothered over an issue, people ask me “is that the hill you want to die on?” I usually reply, “No, but it’s not the valley I want to live in, either.” Am I being clever, obtuse, or just difficult?
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
True, it makes zero financial sense. But is it sensible to imbibe that much? A cardiologist in line behind me at #Starbucks in Munich warned me that my Venti already put me over the recommended caffeine dose for the day. Ah, the famous German Public Scold! #Besserwisser
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The blurb talks about the beer being brewed back in March (hence: #Märzen) because of a 1539 fire hazard law that prevented summer brewing, but to my cynical ad-guy nose, that smells a tad opportunistic.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Is it tacky for stores to push Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving? For non-USAers that’s a month prior. Yet my local Getränkemarkt flogging extra-strength seasonal #Oktoberfest ale at 50 days before the Fest. I know you’re keen, everyone, but hold your horses. #Munich #München #dailywalk 🍻
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THREE. EXCLAMATION. POINTS! Our landline phone has actually received a call! It’ll be worthless on eBay now, since it’s suffered abnormal wear and tear.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
2. Never been, but this place comes highly recommended for genuine Mexican. Apparently there is another Mexican restaurant across the street and it’s a kind of small Mex/LatAm neighborhood. Most Munich Mex restaurants are basically bars. tacosytequila.de
tacosytequila.de
Tacos y Tequila Bar and Restaurant
Tacos y Tequila Bar and Restaurant
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
1 .On those occasions when we need a Mexican fix, we opt for street food from the Taqueria. Founded by a US emigrant, it leans a little Tex-Mex but still authentic. www.taqueria.de …/2
taqueria.de
Cometa | Real Mexican Food | Contemporary Mexican Taquerias in München
Wir sind eine mexikanische Marke von Produkte und Dienstleistungen (Taquerias, Restaurants, Catering, Retail Marke und Foodtruck), die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat der Welt mexikanisches Streetfood...
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
You might get your wish! Just dropped you a DM.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Follow up: Instagram apparently noticed that I bought a nose-hair trimmer, has assumed I’m a vain old gay guy, and started pushing stuff like this. I find it presumptuous and insulting. Gotta admit I’m tempted by the leather jockstrap, though.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
3. For the album “I Like It When You Sleep for You Are so Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It”, designer Samuel Burgess-Johnson and photographer David Drake took photos of the signs for each track; fittingly, they snapped this one at a Sainsbury’s Local in W12. #theRSA
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
2. …whose tradition dates back to 1754. The foyer installation comes from album artwork for Manchester band The 1975, whose lead singer Maty Healy described his brain as wandering around a Sainsbury’s flirting with the girls, while its owner patiently waits for it to finish. …/3 #theRSA
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
1. I’m proud to be a Fellow of the RSA, officially known as The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and to support its many works. I make RSA House a kind of home base in central #London, with its lively coffee house and tranquil library. #theRSA …/2
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's Wednesday, and I'm listening to "I Don't Like Mondays". I'm beginning not to like Wednesdays, either.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I really haven't needed to adjust my lifestyle as I age. But today I gave in, and ordered a nose-hair trimmer.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
My understanding of kanji is zero, but I took great pleasure in recognising Yogi-san in kana!
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It makes sense. Design for humans not systems.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I was today years old when I learned this. Thank you! This will come in handy for pub trivia. 🙏🏻
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
QQ for #London pals: There is no Westcheap, right? #ロンドン #dailywalk
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
That tracks. From memory, the last time I saw an ashtray in an armrest was on Air France.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
At my first job in Melbourne many years ago, there was a director of the company who often flew to Perth, a 4 hour flight. They would book him a ticket via Singapore (8 + 7 hrs) because smoking was still allowed on international flights but not domestic. Addiction is a ruthless taskmaster.
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Properly maintained, a plane can fly for decades. Today, I flew home in a plane so old it even had ashtrays. Excellent WiFi, though. #A320 #BA940
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#London #Shoreditch #dsilywalk
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The Honourable Husband @honourablehusband.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’m at a marketing conference which showcases the latest cutting-edge thinking. News flash from the frontline: The English language appears to have run out of words. #MFLondon26 #theculturefactor
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