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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:29 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is "Nazi" the First Thing You Associate With "Germany"? |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually I think of clark griswold in leiderhosen |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nein...the first thing I associate Germany with is CHOCOLATE |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But Homer, we are from the land of chocolate! |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
61. That's what first came into my mind too when chocolate and Germany came up |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
106. Zat vas ten minutes ago! |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. ....... |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think the answer is... |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Then something like this will happen: |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Minus the smoking... |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. That's not a mullet. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Wow... |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Wow !!!!!!!!! Try Ow !!! The Mullet is God's way of telling you it's |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mein namen ist Hessler |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Gerard Bruche hier. As Englsh as pound cake. Failed German and French... |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Me too. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. World Cup |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nope, I think Hasselhoff and Heino. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's Goethe silly....................and Wittgenstein if you're with it. |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Goethe, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Rilke, etc |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Kant only makes sense in English silly. He was the first German |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
75. My knowledge of philosophical gossip is limited, I guess. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. I was just having a little fun. Truth is I've only read Kant's... |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Ok. Now I see what happened. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. You're right. What a dufus I am. Didn't mean to imply Hanna Arendt |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Not at all. Enjoyed thinking about things |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Your remarks about Quine sent me down memory lane........ |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oktoberfest! n/t |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. nope |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. No.... I think |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. I lived there for four years |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You just weren't looking hard enough! OPEN YOUR EYES! |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ach! Nein, nein, NEIN! |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yes I think Europeans enjoy life more than Americans too . |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. The first thing I think of is actually, "legally-mandated recycling." |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. automobile |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. Nein! |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. nope... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. Honestly? |
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AussieDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Nope - sauerkraut and Volkswagons and lederhosen |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ach, nein! |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Honey .... |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not by a mile......mom's family came from the Rhineland so its the mother- |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Nope - equestrian sports |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. I think of my great grandparents on my father's side. |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
37. I was born in Germany to American parents |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
38. Deleted message |
MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Why should it be the first thing that comes to your mind? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I think of you first. |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thanks Starbucks |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. What if I told you I lied? |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Then I will cry |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Oh, all right. |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Yes, Germany is more than the Third Reich.... |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I am German |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. "even Germans think "Nazi" when they hear "Germany".".... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Nope, I think that generation has already passed |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
92. Everythingsxen is old. |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. Nope, I think of fussball (soccer) ... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
49. Nope |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. I am some German so no |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
51. Who would? Only a yoghurt. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. It's actually about the last thing I associate with Germany. |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. Love the Care Bear |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
88. Right... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
54. I think of German sausages... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. Octoberfest |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
56. No. I lived there for three years. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
57. Nope, I think of Composers..... |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. What did you think of the movie |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It stuck with me |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
60. I tend to think of Heidi Klum, Claudia Schiffier, Katarina Witt, etc |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Mmmm, East German figure skater goodness |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
95. High points? I see the high, but I can't see the points. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. nope. J. S. Bach. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
65. Nope: Beautiful scenery. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
66. Nope, cars, machines and no speed limit. |
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scoey1953 (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
67. Actually I was thinking of ST.PAULI GIRL.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Bad news pal, they don't have that beer in Germany. They have becks... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I dated her once... |
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DixieBlue (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Did you know that St. Pauli's Girl *m* |
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NJ Democrats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
70. No but it is in the top 10=15 |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
71. The Fawlty Towers episode... |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
72. no |
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DixieBlue (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
73. Nope, beer, baby, all the way! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. Muddy Mud Skipper! |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Dear God, so do I. |
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WoodyTobiasJr (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
77. definitely not |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
78. strudel nt |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
79. I don't but my wife does |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
80. I grew up among German immigrant relatives, so my associations |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
81. Third Base |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
82. Spent way too many years trying to understand German documentation |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
83. BMW, Porche |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
84. I associate five things at once with Germany |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
85. Heritage. |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
86. I think of family. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
90. Good autostop on the Autobahn |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
91. NEIN!! First thing I associate with Germany is beer. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
93. First thing I associate with Germany is my childhood home |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
94. I think of the Berlin wall. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
101. Not quite... |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
102. Now it depends in which context. |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
103. Nope |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Adorable |
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