Jens Arne Maennig wrote:
> Okay, now I *had to* click the link. I just love this one:
>
> | "Bad" in front of a towns name does not mean that the people or the
> | city is bad for example, "Bad Homburg". Bad in front of a towns
> name| normally means that the town is designated as a healthy location
> | normally with very clean air and water.
>
> In my US & UK travel tips, I will have to mention that "gift" doesn't
> necessarily mean that somebody is willing to kill you by poison but
> possibly just wants to present you something for free.
>
> Different countries *plus* different language really make life
> difficult. :-)
>
> Jens
>
In Finland two rival supermarket chains nowdays use only the first letter
of their name in signs, K (for Kesko) and S (for SOK). A few years ago K
started to indicate the size of the supermarket by the number of K's so
that small food shops have only one K and the biggest markets four K's.

A German english-teacher friend of mine asked after a stroll in
Helsinki, that there were several KKK-markets around, but where are the
SS-markets hidden?

Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
signs. Visitors from North America, however, get mixed expressions on
their faces seeing these signs.

(Non-Americans - pls google kkk to get the point)

valtsu <[email protected]> wrote:

[]
> Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
> signs.

I think Markkku shops there.

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"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:27:46 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>valtsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[]
>> Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
>> signs.
>
>I think Markkku shops there.

FKK when he is too hot?
--

Martin

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:27:46 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>valtsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[]
>> Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
>> signs.
>
>I think Markkku shops there.

iReid is writing for the Times today.

Spot the stupidity in the article
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2195538.ece
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:27:46 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >valtsu <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
> >> signs.
> >
> >I think Markkku shops there.
>
> iReid is writing for the Times today.
>
> Spot the stupidity in the article
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2195538.ece

I couldn't be bothered reading after the 2nd para...

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:39:26 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:27:46 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >valtsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >[]
>> >> Have to say very few Finns get any funny ideas looking at big KKK-Market
>> >> signs.
>> >
>> >I think Markkku shops there.
>>
>> iReid is writing for the Times today.
>>
>> Spot the stupidity in the article
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2195538.ece
>
>I couldn't be bothered reading after the 2nd para...

Shame :-)

Be prepared!

"The sums were done by Chris Goodall, campaigning author of How to Live a
Low-Carbon Life, based on the greenhouse gases created by intensive beef
production. “Driving a typical UK car for 3 miles [4.8km] adds about 0.9 kg
[2lb] of CO2 to the atmosphere,” he said, a calculation based on the
Government’s official fuel emission figures. “If you walked instead, it would
use about 180 calories. You’d need about 100g of beef to replace those calories,
resulting in 3.6kg of emissions, or four times as much as driving."
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:39:26 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
[]
> >> Spot the stupidity in the article
> >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2195538.ece
> >
> >I couldn't be bothered reading after the 2nd para...
>
> Shame :-)
>
> Be prepared!
>
> "The sums were done by Chris Goodall, campaigning author of How to Live a
> Low-Carbon Life, based on the greenhouse gases created by intensive beef
> production. "Driving a typical UK car for 3 miles [4.8km] adds about 0.9
> kg [2lb] of CO2 to the atmosphere," he said, a calculation based on the
> Government's official fuel emission figures. "If you walked instead, it
> would use about 180 calories. You'd need about 100g of beef to replace
> those calories, resulting in 3.6kg of emissions, or four times as much as
> driving."

Oh, _dear_!

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

In article <[email protected] >,
Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:

> "erilar" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
> viestissÀ:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> You visit the land of Luther and DÃŒrer, Einstein and Leibnitz, Bach and
> >> Beethoven, Goethe and Schiller, Thomas Mann and Heinrich Böll, the land
> >> that was central to the most important historical events of the 20th
> >> century, and all you can twitter on about is the ketchup at McDonalds
> >> and supermarket trolleys.
> >
> > Visiting Germany and eating at McDonalds in the first place is REALLY
> > stupid!!
> >
> Visiting Germany is stupid?

NONONONONO! I love Germany, but I love it for its Germanness. I avoid
McD's even in the US, aber in Deutschland finde ich McDs einfach giftig!!

--
Mary, biblioholic

bib-li-o-hol-ism : the habitual longing to purchase, read, store,
admire, and consume books in excess.

http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do they?

Some McDonalds in Germany do sell beer, others don't. Sometimes beer
is available but not listed on the menu. It's up to the management.
A friend of mine usually orders a beer with his "Happy Meal".

Tschüß,
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Becker <[email protected]> wrote:

> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Do they?
>
> Some McDonalds in Germany do sell beer, others don't. Sometimes beer
> is available but not listed on the menu. It's up to the management.
> A friend of mine usually orders a beer with his "Happy Meal".

It was a rhetorical question- I assumed they probably did! Still,
thanks for taking the time to explain it. For those that would want to
go to a McDonalds while visiting Germany!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007