Can You Say This to German Guests?
A friend looks after a house that is rented to tourists.
Whilst showing some Germans around,who had booked the house for a week she said, “The coal is in the bunker!” She compounded it by following it with “The baker in the village is Mr.Ovens!”
Are Dictators Stupid?
It would appear that Robert Mugabe has fallen for a scam where a mystic claims he can get diesel out of rock. The story is here in The Times.
So he proves my title for a start.
This is one of my favourite books. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
Germans Mess Up A Penalty
Apparently, not all Germans get their penalties right, as this story about the German women’s hockey team in their defeat to England shows.
It also shows that yet another sport is using technology to help its referees. So stop saying “No!”, Mr. Blatter!
My Overdaft Has Been Suspended
I received this scam from someone claiming to be Egg. I also received it four times. And overdraft was spelt the same in each. I don’t have an overdaft. but I suspect they are!
Note that a link in the e-mail points to a German web site. Perhapd, it’s to unsettle English fans before tomorrow. I don’t think it was sent by Germans though, as all the ones I know can spell better than that!
Dear Valued Egg Customer
Due to a recent credit limit check on your Egg Card, we have cancelled your overdaft until further noticed. Logon below to ammend your Egg Card and reactivate your account.
Failure to do this within 24hrs will lead to your online access been suspended.
Sorry for the inconvienence.
Regards,
Egg Card Customer Service
As this e-mail is an automated message, we can’t reply to any e-mails replied.
Why Haven’t the Germans Struck Off Incompetent Doctor?
A local story that has been around for months, is the case of the German doctor, Daniel Ubani, who killed a patient in Cambridgeshire. He refused to appear at the inquest and a couple of weeks ago, was struck off in the UK by the GMC.
But yesterday, two brothers were arrested in Germany for protesting, where the doctor was giving a lecture.
Obviously, Germany treats its bad doctors differently to how we do!
Do you like Frogs, Boiled, Fried or With Tortillas?
The French really surrended to Mexico last night. Let’s hope England are better tonight!
And what happened to the Germans? They missed a penalty!
Even Old Bombs Are Dangerous
Probably sevnty years after it was dropped, this bomb went off in Germany.
I know thhat old film is examined to find them, but they must have missed this one! So very sad!
German Practicality
Two women have been arrested at Liverpool Airport trying to smuggle the body a dead 91-year-old German home.
Here’s the first couple of paragraphs from the BBC report.
Police have arrested two women after they tried to take the body of a dead relative onto a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Staff at the airport became suspicious when the women tried to check the man in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday.
The 91-year-old man from Germany is thought to have died the previous day, and had been put into a wheelchair.
But they should have realised that because we’re not in the Shengen area, that passports would have to be checked.
It reminds of the story of the family in the early 1960s or so, who went on holiday to the South or France with an elderly grandmother. Sadly, she died in somewhere exotic like Cannes and they wondered what to do. They didn’t have any insurance to bring the body home, so they wrapped granny up in a blanket and tied her to the roof-rack.
When they got to Dover, they did what every dutiful Briton would do and reported it all to Immigration. The Officer just looked calmly and said that the roof-rack was empty.
Liverpool Street and the Kindertransport
Liverpool Street Station is one of London’s finest stations.
It also has the memorial to the Kindertransport on the main entrance.
The station was the main terminal for all the trains from Germany carrying mainly Jewish children to safety from the Nazis before the Second World War.
Germans Fix Potholes Differently
If you fancy owning your own pothole, then look no further than Neiderzimmern.
Now there’s an idea.
The Anonymous Widower 