Just wondering
Sep 9th 2007, 7:57 pm
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Just wondering
Why in the land of junk food, is a Hamburger called a Hamburger when its made of beef?
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Sep 9th 2007, 8:09 pm
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Re: Just wondering
Perhaps you're taking bed rest after that nasty fall when you broke your Google?
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question425.htm
Sep 9th 2007, 8:14 pm
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Sep 9th 2007, 8:22 pm
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Re: Just wondering
Are you bored Rob?
Perhaps you're taking bed rest after that nasty fall when you broke your Google?
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question425.htm
Perhaps you're taking bed rest after that nasty fall when you broke your Google?
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question425.htm
Sep 9th 2007, 8:59 pm
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Sep 10th 2007, 12:10 am
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Re: Just wondering
Many towns in Germany have foods named after them-hence the infamous JFK "Ich bin ein Berliner" urban legend.
A berliner is a type of doughnut.
A berliner is a type of doughnut.
Sep 10th 2007, 11:49 am
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Re: Just wondering
in places like Turkey - the hamburgers are actually ham and not beef. tastes very weird if you were expecting the wrong one!
Sep 12th 2007, 4:44 am
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Re: Just wondering
It is named after the German town as mentioned 
I used to be baffled in my youth by the ads for 'Wimpy' burgers
The signs read .... 'Wimpy .. the pure beef hamburger'
I used to be baffled in my youth by the ads for 'Wimpy' burgers
The signs read .... 'Wimpy .. the pure beef hamburger'
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Sep 13th 2007, 1:49 am
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Re: Just wondering
It's a myth not widely known outside Germany because what he said was perfectly OK. As Kennedy was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct. This is similar to the case where after 9-11 many politicians said, "today we are all New Yorkers" and nobody thought they meant "we were all Chrysler New Yorker cars" did they? " Ich bin ein berliner" in the context it was meant, was perfectly accceptable.
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Re: Just wondering
It's a myth not widely known outside Germany because what he said was perfectly OK. As Kennedy was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct. This is similar to the case where after 9-11 many politicians said, "today we are all New Yorkers" and nobody thought they meant "we were all Chrysler New Yorker cars" did they? " Ich bin ein berliner" in the context it was meant, was perfectly accceptable.
