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I don't remember a Johnny character in The Big Lebowski. Maybe somebody in the Fediverse knows who he is referring to...was that the name of Sam Elliot's cowboy character?

The border-free zone is called the Schengen area. There are still some EU member states that aren't included. Euronews article

"Austria has blocked the accession of Romania and Bulgaria into Schengen, the passport-free area that has abolished border checks between the vast majority of EU member states."

Der American Staffordshire (auch als American Pit Bull Terrier bekannt) steht aber in die listenführenden Bundesländern auf der Rasseliste. Wiki

There is a trend called "no poo" where people try to minimise shampoo use. https://www.nopoomethod.com/ Mailab did a funny video on it in German. https://youtu.be/rcpM3uW86Uk

Thank you for that thoughtful explanation. It's a perspective I hadn't considered.

Well I have seen some pretty conservative farmer types get on the village stage and dance in drag, but maybe you have been to some Fasching celebrations that were tame?

I would say that around Fasching time, things get pretty fun & flamboyant, even in the rural areas of BW.

Glückwunsch! For me, a study app helped a lot with the memorization. I used "Leben in Deutschland Test" from the Google Play Store.