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|  Message 3990  |
|  Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin  |
|  Russian anectode about Germans  |
|  16 Nov 23 23:51:42  |
 MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65568eec REPLY: 2:221/6.0 654cc704 PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20231113 NOTE: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32). CHRS: CP437 2 TZUTC: 0200 The subject line is: Russian anectode about Germans I don't think `anecdote' means what you think it means. Check "anecdotal evidence" and "historical anecdote". AK> Two Russian immigrants emigrants? AK> who lived in Germany saw that at the nearby building AK> site /a/ nearby buildin site. AK> there were a lot of bricks and no watchmen. Well-said! AK> They decided to stole bricks to /steal/ AK> and make a sauna. to build a sauna, perhaps? AK> At night they took a car, went to the building site and AK> loaded the car trunk with bricks. Suddendly there came AK> German policemen and stricty asked the men, what the AK> hell they were doing there. The Russians said that they AK> had built a sauna and some bricks remained. It was a AK> pity to throw it out, and they decided to carry it to AK> this building site. /had/ decided, I think. Also, referring to /some bricks/ with /it/ seems wrong. AK> The German policemen became very angry. They said it AK> was unlawful to utilise bricks in such an a way. They AK> said to the men, to take the bricks back and get lost. ....told the men to take... --- * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0) SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/130 131 SEEN-BY: 129/305 142/104 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30 SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832 SEEN-BY: 266/512 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 301/1 305/3 317/3 320/119 SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 2119 322/0 757 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 SEEN-BY: 423/81 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35 PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 229/426 |
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