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Skybird · 05-20-06, 08:33 AM

Some more translations from that article that is quoting from several American publications for Americans visiting the soccer tournament in Germany:

Never lean on a foreign car. Cars are holy shrines in Germany. Avoid using packaging material that is not biodegradable. Never wear swimming trunks in the sauna. Don't call someone between 20:00 and 20:15 - that's the time of the major news program on TV.

Don't say something posiitive about Bush, or defend current foreign US policy - your risk serious trouble.

Germans are not prudish. They are shocked by violance, but not by sex. Videos that Americans consider to be harmless, could offend Germans, while as films that you (Americans) consider to be of high danger for your teenagers are fully acceptable in German households.

Don't cut up all your food in advance and then put aside the knife and use the fork only. In Germany you don't do that, but keep the knife in your hand all the time. Don't talk with a full mouth. That is considered to be unpolite. Same a chewing gum.

Don't expect Germans to wear short leathertrousers. Especially not in the HQ of the american team - Hamburg.

I could laugh tears about all that!

05-20-06, 08:33 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,642 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Some more translations from that article that is quoting from several American publications for Americans visiting the soccer tournament in Germany: Never lean on a foreign car. Cars are holy shrines in Germany. Avoid using packaging material that is not biodegradable. Never wear swimming trunks in the sauna. Don't call someone between 20:00 and 20:15 - that's the time of the major news program on TV. Don't say something posiitive about Bush, or defend current foreign US policy - your risk serious trouble. Germans are not prudish. They are shocked by violance, but not by sex. Videos that Americans consider to be harmless, could offend Germans, while as films that you (Americans) consider to be of high danger for your teenagers are fully acceptable in German households. Don't cut up all your food in advance and then put aside the knife and use the fork only. In Germany you don't do that, but keep the knife in your hand all the time. Don't talk with a full mouth. That is considered to be unpolite. Same a chewing gum. Don't expect Germans to wear short leathertrousers. Especially not in the HQ of the american team - Hamburg. I could laugh tears about all that! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.