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Sunday, May 13, 2007

German Esskultur

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1 - Micky Dees or Starbucks. Like choosing between heartburn or nausea. (Comment this)

Written by: letters at 2007/05/13 - 10:35:18

2 - Back in the 80's one of my coworkers came back from a USA vacation and said to me "In Amerika gibt's kein Esskultur, stimmt's?"

I answered "Stimmt, du kriegst keine gute Bratwurst in den Staaten." (Comment this)

Written by: indeterminacy at 2007/05/18 - 10:46:21

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