RE: joke time
November 29, 2017 at 12:29 pm
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2017 at 12:30 pm by Dave B.)
Anecdote from an RAF base in Cold War Germany, more or less as related by a friend . . .
(You have to imagine the bit in italics as being in a strong German accent.)
A detachment of Aussies got in really well with the locals, especially the local police who looked after the main gates. My mate was learning German and had asked these coppers to help him by always speaking German to him. But, after only two days of their Antipodean guests my mate was off out into town and greeted the gate guard, "Guten Morgen mein Freund!" The reply was, "Guten Morgen, mein cobber, es ist ein fair dinkum tag, ja?"
(You have to imagine the bit in italics as being in a strong German accent.)
A detachment of Aussies got in really well with the locals, especially the local police who looked after the main gates. My mate was learning German and had asked these coppers to help him by always speaking German to him. But, after only two days of their Antipodean guests my mate was off out into town and greeted the gate guard, "Guten Morgen mein Freund!" The reply was, "Guten Morgen, mein cobber, es ist ein fair dinkum tag, ja?"