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    #51
    Originally posted by G-Man View Post
    Is that a handball reference?
    Jürgen Klinsmann, 2006.

    He does come from Göppingen, doesn't he?

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      #52
      An interesting development, as Lithuania proposes to allow dual citizenship, due to many of their countrymen seeking UK nationality - by contrast, of the 37,000 Lithuanians in Ireland, just over 1,000 have become naturalised, so this referendum should encourage a greater proportion to do so.

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        #53
        I just became a German.

        I now intend to change my name to Lars Sack. I've always wanted a one-syllable first and last name that I don't have to spell on the phone.

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          #54
          Gratulation

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            #55
            Enhorabuena

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              #56
              Gut gemacht.

              Lars Sack is your German porno name, presumably?

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                #57
                Well played, that man.

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                  #58
                  Congratulations Sir. I should have a roggenklotz in yer honor

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post
                    Gut gemacht.

                    Lars Sack is your German porno name, presumably?
                    No, my porno name is either Dirk Horn or Enrico Keule.

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                      #60
                      Civil servant: "And, Herr treibeis, there's an optional festivity, which takes place four or five times a year at the City Hall, for all new German citizens. You shake hands with the Mayor, there's a finger-food buffet, you get to watch a short film, there's a children's choir, there's ..."

                      Me: "That's clinched it!"

                      Civil servant: "What, the children's choir?"

                      Me: "Yes. Where do I sign up for "Unfortunately, I shall be unable to attend'?"

                      Civil servant (lowers his voice): "To be honest, the children's choir isn't the worst thing about it, not by a long chalk."

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                        #61
                        Well done old man. And if anyone complains, you can always maintain that you're not the worst foreigner to ever darken their borders.

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                          #62
                          I'm jealous, but good on ya.

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                            #63
                            Yeah, that’s great. Must be a relief.

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                              #64
                              Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                              I'm jealous, but good on ya.
                              Do you want to be German too?

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                                #65
                                I would be very content to have EU citizenship, but am not particularly bothered about which country,

                                The fact that I am the only member of my family not to have an easily available path no doubt has something to do with this.

                                Had we stayed in Italy, I could have eventually qualified through residence, but I was never keen to do that under Berlusconi and remain troubled by the drift of the country in general.

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                                  #66
                                  Originally posted by treibeis View Post
                                  I just became a German.

                                  I now intend to change my name to Lars Sack. I've always wanted a one-syllable first and last name that I don't have to spell on the phone.
                                  A hearty welcome to the greater German family. Frau imp is now fond of telling everyone that I'm "more German than the Germans". The flak I get just for wanting to be on time. And going to the bakery early on a Sunday morning to avoid the queue. And for liking the odd Schlachtplatte washed down with a keg of Riesling.

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                                    #67
                                    The Sunday morning bakery ritual is without question one of the things I miss most about FFM

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                                      #68
                                      Originally posted by imp View Post

                                      A hearty welcome to the greater German family. Frau imp is now fond of telling everyone that I'm "more German than the Germans". The flak I get just for wanting to be on time. And going to the bakery early on a Sunday morning to avoid the queue. And for liking the odd Schlachtplatte washed down with a keg of Riesling.
                                      After running around for ten minutes, do you also say you have "Kreislaufprobleme", as a synonym for "I'm knackered"?

                                      Germans aren't punctual anyway. In the last football team I played in, the only people who turned up on time were me, a Welshman and a Turk.

                                      They expect everybody else to be punctual, though.

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                                        #69
                                        And don't forget the "Frühlingsmüdigkeit" - the most German of all the ailments.

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                                          #70
                                          Originally posted by treibeis View Post
                                          After running around for ten minutes, do you also say you have "Kreislaufprobleme", as a synonym for "I'm knackered"?

                                          Germans aren't punctual anyway. In the last football team I played in, the only people who turned up on time were me, a Welshman and a Turk.

                                          They expect everybody else to be punctual, though.
                                          Ha, I think that's her point, that I'm way more punctual than the natives. German punctuality and efficiency - one of the great European myths. Had to send a pointed WhatsApp message to all the parents of my U9 team last week about us losing the first 15 minutes of practice due to general tardiness. They're probably all thinking, "Bloody hell, ever since we gave him a passport..."

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                                            #71
                                            Originally posted by imp View Post
                                            washed down with a keg of Riesling.
                                            Only just noticed this.

                                            I'm all for going native, but there are limits. I sell Riesling, and the only people who buy it are elderly ladies for whom "Riesling" is a synonym for "wine". I'd clean a khazi with Riesling, but that's about all.

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                                              #72
                                              Good Riesling from the Pfalz or Rheingau is fantastic..

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                                                #73
                                                This is very true, but we had to move to Germany to learn it.

                                                Most of the best doesn't leave the country.

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                                                  #74
                                                  Riesling is the king of grapes. Anyone who says otherwise is a maniac.

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                                                    #75
                                                    Originally posted by treibeis View Post
                                                    I'd clean a khazi with Riesling, but that's about all.
                                                    Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View Post
                                                    Riesling is the king of grapes. Anyone who says otherwise is a maniac.

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