Dad, What's Unabhängigkeitstag?

VANITY | July 4, 2007 | Nathanbedford

[nathanbedford]

Mitt einer deutschsprachigen Tastatur.

[stevie_d_64]

Yeah, that stupid translation site kinda stinks...

At least it didn’t say something about massaging a member of your family...That would have been awkward...

I’d be in big heap trouble...hehehe

[stevie_d_64]

Yep...

#22 speaks my Mea Culpa...

I’ll stick to english, thank you very much! hehehe

Going to de-bookmark this abomination...

http://www.freetranslation.com/

[stevie_d_64]

We need more father than you in the world?

That should have been:

“We need more fathers “like” you in the world.”

Oh well, back to the grill...

[patton]

“Wir brauchen noch mehr Vatern so wie Dich au der Welt.”

Umsonst...

[nathanbedford]

The first time I drove in Germany, I asked my wife to find this town "umleitung" on the map.

That means "detour"

I know a fella who wrote down the street name of his hotel so he could give it to a taxi driver after a pub crawl. He wrote down "Einbahnstrasse". The taxi driver scratched his head when his betrunkener passenger handed him the paper.

That means "one way street."

No one has embarrassed himself more in a foreign language than I have. With age it gets harder. We gotta just keep on trying.

I just tell myself my execrable foreign accent is exotic. The kids would rather die than be seen in public with me.

[OESY]

Morgen, Nathan! It's good to see you are alive and well and tutoring your son,
even if he may not fully appreciate your efforts yet.

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[nathanbedford]

Top'o'd' Morgen to you.

Unless I miss my guess that is a painting from the Minge Romantic School of my new Heimat, Chiemsee.

Thanks for that.

[FrankR]

I married my first wife when I was stationed in Germany. Afer we got back to America, we were driving down the expressway one day and she asked, "Why do we never get to that town, I keep seeing the sign, but we never get there?".

To wit, I asked, "What town?"

In her German accent, she said "grest ahhreah."

She had been seeing the "Rest Area" signs.

A few years later, she had joined a local women's club, and they were discussing something and she stood up in front of the entire assembly and said, "Well, if you can't join them, lick them.".

[nathanbedford]

My father-in -law took my 7 year old son to get haircuts. When the barber asked him how he wanted it cut, grandpa didn't have a clue so he asked his grandson to translate.

The little smart ass responded, "that will cost you two euro." He made him pay.

By God, I've got a capitalist!

[G8 Diplomat]

Ich habe zwei Hunde, sieben Katzen, einen Meerschweinen, und fünf Fische. Mein Haus ist ein Zoo.

[OESY]

I was confident you would recognize it.

The title of the painting is Sonniger Morgen am Chiemsee, by Hans Fredrick Gude.

Here's an interesting link you may have already found: ArtRoots.com

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[toddlintown]

My mother once exclaimed that it seemed that all exits on the Authobahn were leading to “Ausfahrt,” obviously one hell of a big city. Of course, I had to explained to her it means “exit.”

[FrankR]

We had a band over there in the 60's, we called ourselves the "Pathfinders".

We scheduled a concert at a German club, and all of the posters and advertising listed us as the "Fahrtfinders.

[stevie_d_64]

Yep...What you said...

My American keyboard really is an anchor...

[SoldierMedic]

I imported the mare, Monica Lewinsky, from Poland. If you tap her fron legs with a crop she will get down on her knees.

Lol

[nathanbedford]

Thanks

I have been exploring that link.