Folk traditions of the world, today: Teuton rumbles

[Dan D]

Here is an anecdote from my past that fits in here:

When I was a child I sat with my father in a bar in Southern France one day.

My father was unhappy about the beer being served in plastic cups, so he asked the waitress who was a German on summer job in France in German if she could serve his beer in a proper “Glas”(English: “glass) instead of plastic, which she did.

An Englishman at the next table saw this and wanted to have the same.
Problem was, the waitress he talked to was French and she understood “glass” as
“Glace” (English: Ice).

As the result she served that poor chap beer in plastic cups filled with ice cubes for rest of the evening.

Strange people those Engländers who drink beer from plastic cups filled with ice cubes.

Cheers!