German society (was: AW: [thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens)
Joxn
joxn at vernum.com
Mon Sep 16 02:20:00 CDT 2002
Madhu Menon wrote:
> Speaking of Germans, I remember a time about 13 years ago when my family
> and I went on a vacation to a spot in the hills. I was about 14 then. At
> our hotel was this German dude with whom I started chatting. Nothing
> special, just regular chitchat. Then my father appeared and the German guy
> tells him, "your children speak excellent English." My father raised an
> eyebrow and gave him a "what's your point?" look. That cracked me up.
Actually, this reminds me of something that happened *last week*. A
friend of mine had to call an ambulance while he was in France. None of
the three paramedics that came could speak *any* word of English and my
friends French was rather bad.
Just rambling, too.
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