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eppur_se_muova

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8. During the Berlin blockade, JFK gave a speech describing the plight of West Berliners ...

Reply to DFW (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 13, 2018, 11:12 AM

Jul 2018

... in which he spelled out the deprivations of the children, including "the poor children have no eggs". Of course this got translated into German -- and Willy Brandt, mayor of W. Berlin, hearing this, pounded his desk and shouted, "Was meint er da ? Man muss eier haben um Deutsch zu sprechen !"

(This is an old joke, dredged up from an old memory ... apologies for any errors. )

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European DUers please help me with tonight's Stephen Colbert opening... [View all] Hekate Jul 2018 OP

Here's the video which may help: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #1

OK guys, she is either Austrian or perhaps Bavarian. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #2

Thanks -- I just wanted to find out if it's a real news anchor or if our legs were being pulled Hekate Jul 2018 #3

I think it was a joke, but I don't know if it was a joke taken from Austrian or German TV. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #4

It was taken from Austrian TV, and the "translation" has nothing to do with what she really said DFW Jul 2018 #5

YES! Thank you so much, DFW! Hekate Jul 2018 #6

I wonder if the original report was about Czech Easter eggs? csziggy Jul 2018 #7

During the Berlin blockade, JFK gave a speech describing the plight of West Berliners ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2018 #8