I have a new favorite German word. And it is...

Schnabeltier!

Which means platypus, if you couldn't have guessed. Ray, one of the blokes who works at On the Wallaby, has started to call me Schnabeltier. Which is very clever, you see, because it could be spelled Schnabelteer, as in one who Schnabelts, or goes platypussing! I am very excited about it.