Wonach es klingt
Un destino sorprendentemente rural.
The literal image is absurd on purpose: everything has somehow ended up “in the cow”.
Was es bedeutet
Wenn eine Situation, die noch gut hätte ausgehen können, plötzlich falsch abbiegt. Und beschleunigt.
A negotiation, a dinner, a holiday or a romantic pursuit can all end this way.
Everything was going well. You only had to keep behaving like a normal person. Then you send a four-minute-and-twenty-seven-second voice message explaining how you really feel.
Tutto in vacca.
Eine feine Frage der Verantwortung
In Italian a situation can andare in vacca, as if it simply happened. Or someone can mandare tutto in vacca: then responsibility has a name.
When we tell our own story, things tend to “go” wrong. When others tell it, we are usually the ones who “sent” them there.
Der Schlüssel zum Verständnis
For something to go in vacca, there first has to be something worth saving.
If it was a disaster from the beginning, it did not go in vacca: it was already there.
One sentence too many. The wrong joke. An unsolicited confession. Afterwards there is only one thought: “There. That was when I should have kept quiet.”
