Three biggest surprises in Europe
Jul 10th 2005, 8:59 am
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Re: Three biggest surprises in Europe
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:37:34 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
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>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>
>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>
>>
>> surprised, how ?
>They probably were accustomed to the smooth, bright yellow
>paste that is most familiar in the U.S. (and evidently
>Mexico). Not only is the appearance of German mustard
>drastically different, the taste differs radically, too.
and they weren't surprised by the beer?
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>
>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>
>>
>> surprised, how ?
>They probably were accustomed to the smooth, bright yellow
>paste that is most familiar in the U.S. (and evidently
>Mexico). Not only is the appearance of German mustard
>drastically different, the taste differs radically, too.
and they weren't surprised by the beer?
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Martin
Jul 10th 2005, 10:29 am
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Re: Three biggest surprises in Europe
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:37:14 +0200, Nathalie Chiva
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>On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:14:25 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>"andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>>>right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>>>BIG surprise!
>>>;)
>>I think drivers adjust better than many pedestrians.
>When you drive, you do fine until you get to a turnaround...
or if you have to react quickly to something.
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>On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:14:25 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>"andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>>>right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>>>BIG surprise!
>>>;)
>>I think drivers adjust better than many pedestrians.
>When you drive, you do fine until you get to a turnaround...
or if you have to react quickly to something.
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Jul 10th 2005, 10:39 am
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:41:10 -0700, poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
>On a travel show, Americans were advised to use bathrooms at restaurants
>in Florence because the public toilets were bad in her opinion.
When is a toilet a bathroom?
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>In article <[email protected]>,
> Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
>On a travel show, Americans were advised to use bathrooms at restaurants
>in Florence because the public toilets were bad in her opinion.
When is a toilet a bathroom?
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Jul 10th 2005, 10:40 am
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Re: Three biggest surprises in Europe
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:22:50 +0200, Ralph Holz <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>>>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
>>
>> WTF was that???
>The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
Did they have any choice?
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wrote:
>Hi,
>>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>>>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
>>
>> WTF was that???
>The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
Did they have any choice?
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Jul 10th 2005, 10:54 am
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Hi,
>>>WTF was that???
>>The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
>
> Did they have any choice?
God, yes. They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified by more than
2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German federal state not to
have signed the constitution. ;-)
Ralph
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>>>WTF was that???
>>The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
>
> Did they have any choice?
God, yes. They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified by more than
2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German federal state not to
have signed the constitution. ;-)
Ralph
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Jul 10th 2005, 10:55 am
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Hi,
Juliana L Holm wrote:
> 1. The amazingly low cost for great food in the french countryside.
>
> 2. The way Germans queue (or fail to)
I noticed that, too, when abroad. It seem we lack the gene.
Ralph
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Juliana L Holm wrote:
> 1. The amazingly low cost for great food in the french countryside.
>
> 2. The way Germans queue (or fail to)
I noticed that, too, when abroad. It seem we lack the gene.
Ralph
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Jul 10th 2005, 11:32 am
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Ralph Holz wrote:
> They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
> in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
> by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
> federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
Bavaria has it's own constitution:
http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Jens
> They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
> in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
> by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
> federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
Bavaria has it's own constitution:
http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Jens
Jul 10th 2005, 1:34 pm
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Hi,
Jens Arne Maennig wrote:
>>They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
>>in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
>>by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
>>federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
>
> Bavaria has it's own constitution:
> http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Goodness me, yes, they do. So do all the other states. That's what we call
federalism, you know. ;-)
But you knew that, of course (at least I choose to read your post that way).
However, I was referring to the federal constitution which Bavaria did never
sign. Instead, they chose to reject it in their constitutional parliament but
voted that they would adopt it if 2/3 of the other states would ratify it. Which
is what happened (everyone else ratified). So Bavaria joined in without actually
ever voting *in favour* of the constitution. They left the decision to others. :-)
I know this is a travel group, but hey, it's a tiny folkloristic detail worth
knowing when you're travelling. ;-)
Ralph
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Jens Arne Maennig wrote:
>>They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
>>in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
>>by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
>>federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
>
> Bavaria has it's own constitution:
> http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Goodness me, yes, they do. So do all the other states. That's what we call
federalism, you know. ;-)
But you knew that, of course (at least I choose to read your post that way).
However, I was referring to the federal constitution which Bavaria did never
sign. Instead, they chose to reject it in their constitutional parliament but
voted that they would adopt it if 2/3 of the other states would ratify it. Which
is what happened (everyone else ratified). So Bavaria joined in without actually
ever voting *in favour* of the constitution. They left the decision to others. :-)
I know this is a travel group, but hey, it's a tiny folkloristic detail worth
knowing when you're travelling. ;-)
Ralph
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Jul 10th 2005, 1:45 pm
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"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When is a toilet a bathroom?
Whenever an orange soda is a "Coke"?
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> When is a toilet a bathroom?
Whenever an orange soda is a "Coke"?
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Jul 10th 2005, 1:46 pm
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"sascha" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
>> It is generally considered a mild mustard, particularly when compared to
>> English mustard. A German friend of mine, not long in England, was asked
>> to help prepare ham sandwiches for a picnic. She put as much English
>> mustard on as she would have had it been German mustard, rendering them
>> completely inedible.
> She's probably used to use a Swiss mustard, like THOMY, the one in the
> tube
> best mustard there is.
Hitler had a policy of self-sufficiency, so foreign products were not
available in Germany when she lived there.
Colin Bignell
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> >
>> It is generally considered a mild mustard, particularly when compared to
>> English mustard. A German friend of mine, not long in England, was asked
>> to help prepare ham sandwiches for a picnic. She put as much English
>> mustard on as she would have had it been German mustard, rendering them
>> completely inedible.
> She's probably used to use a Swiss mustard, like THOMY, the one in the
> tube
> best mustard there is.
Hitler had a policy of self-sufficiency, so foreign products were not
available in Germany when she lived there.
Colin Bignell
Jul 10th 2005, 1:54 pm
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Martin wrote:
> When is a toilet a bathroom?
In British English, when it has a bath!
> When is a toilet a bathroom?
In British English, when it has a bath!
Jul 10th 2005, 2:55 pm
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:32:53 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Ralph Holz wrote:
>> They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
>> in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
>> by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
>> federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
>Bavaria has it's own constitution:
>http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Bavaria should take action against those, who carbonate water and call
it Bavaria Pils in NL.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>Ralph Holz wrote:
>> They were in doubt if they should sign the constitution (they didn't
>> in the end but still joined in because the Grundgesetz was ratified
>> by more than 2/3 of the other states). Bavaria became the only German
>> federal state not to have signed the constitution. ;-)
>Bavaria has it's own constitution:
>http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/bayer_verfassung.html
Bavaria should take action against those, who carbonate water and call
it Bavaria Pils in NL.
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Martin
Jul 10th 2005, 2:57 pm
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On 10 Jul 2005 06:54:35 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>> When is a toilet a bathroom?
>In British English, when it has a bath!
I know that but he used toilet and bathroom in the same post.
Maybe a bladder infection?
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>Martin wrote:
>> When is a toilet a bathroom?
>In British English, when it has a bath!
I know that but he used toilet and bathroom in the same post.
Maybe a bladder infection?
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Martin
Jul 10th 2005, 3:47 pm
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">> She's probably used to use a Swiss mustard, like THOMY, the one in the
>> tube
>> best mustard there is.
> Hitler had a policy of self-sufficiency, so foreign products were not
> available in Germany when she lived there.
> Colin Bignell
It's awell known brand in D, some Germans propably think
it's of german origin.
Asfaik, Thomy&Frank produced that mustard even in Germany
at that time.
The Firm was taken over by Nestlé in 1970.
http://www.nestle.ch/de/brand/default.aspx
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sascha
>> tube
>> best mustard there is.
> Hitler had a policy of self-sufficiency, so foreign products were not
> available in Germany when she lived there.
> Colin Bignell
It's awell known brand in D, some Germans propably think
it's of german origin.
Asfaik, Thomy&Frank produced that mustard even in Germany
at that time.
The Firm was taken over by Nestlé in 1970.
http://www.nestle.ch/de/brand/default.aspx
--
cheese'ncheers
sascha
Jul 10th 2005, 4:02 pm
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"Gregory Morrow"
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> Donald Newcomb wrote:
>> I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen
> agers
>> (when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in
>> their
> world
>> view.
> Teenagers everywhere are interested only in ONE thing: sex.
> That's why travel is generally wasted on them.
“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
—George Bernard Shaw
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
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> Donald Newcomb wrote:
>> I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen
> agers
>> (when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in
>> their
> world
>> view.
> Teenagers everywhere are interested only in ONE thing: sex.
> That's why travel is generally wasted on them.
“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
—George Bernard Shaw