Sometimes, when I am alone in the car… or doing chores around the house… I pick out classic rock or ballads from the 60’s and 70’s… and then sing them really loud in a bad, angry-sounding, German accent. I pretend I am listening to a new CD…

I don’t know why I think this is so funny, but it always makes me laugh. You need to really commit to the fake accent… and the sounding angry thing. It works particularly well with light silly love songs… or songs that have lots of the letter W in them…

‘Vat vould you do, if I sang out of tune, vould you stand up und valk out on me?’

‘Vhen I find myself in times of trouble, Mozzer Mary comes to me, speaking vords of visdom, let it be.’

‘Vell I am standink on ze corner in Visnlow Arizona, und such a fine sight to zee.’

‘Vake up, little Suzie, vake up.’

‘Zer is a lady who’s sure, all zat glitters is gold, und she is buying ze stairvay to heaven.’

You get the idea. Throw yourself into it. Give it all you got. The worse the accent, the more fun it is to do.