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Old Jun 3rd 2013, 6:19 pm
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Thanks Bats, now all I can do is think of Novo dressed in Velour with a frilly ruffle.
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Old Jun 3rd 2013, 8:52 pm
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Old Jun 3rd 2013, 9:51 pm
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What's the price of a sour kraut?
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Old Jun 4th 2013, 2:06 am
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What's the price of a sour kraut?
That's Sauerkraut, you illiterate.But you knew that und ich bin kein Berliner.
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Old Jun 4th 2013, 2:15 am
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That's Sauerkraut, you illiterate.But you knew that und ich bin kein Berliner.
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Old Jun 4th 2013, 2:38 am
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When my elder son was about nine we were living in Germany (as you know) and he cracked a bilingual joke which is still funny (I hope).

JFK famously said "Ich bin ein Berliner" and the young lad quipped, "Oh, a doughnut with a hole in his head?"

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
When my elder son was about nine we were living in Germany (as you know) and he cracked a bilingual joke which is still funny (I hope).

JFK famously said "Ich bin ein Berliner" and the young lad quipped, "Oh, a doughnut with a hole in his head?"

He'll go far, he will.
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Old Jun 4th 2013, 4:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
When my elder son was about nine we were living in Germany (as you know) and he cracked a bilingual joke which is still funny (I hope).

JFK famously said "Ich bin ein Berliner" and the young lad quipped, "Oh, a doughnut with a hole in his head?"

He'll go far, he will.
Whooooosh...
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Old Jun 26th 2013, 3:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
I doubt that she's German. She said upthread that her salary in the UK was 6X higher than at home.

Home can't be Germany.
Plus petrol in Germany is about as expensive as in the UK and a pint in a pub is getting close to Canadian prices.
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Old Jun 26th 2013, 6:46 pm
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I suppose then I must be more a Berliner than a Bavarian.
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