SPEAKING GERMAN IN TEXAS
In Texas there is a town called New Braunfels, where there is a large German-speaking population.
New Braunfels is an historic Texas town founded in the early 1800′s by German settlers from Braunfels, Germany. The city’s German roots are still present today particularly during the annual Octoberfest celebration, Wurstfest.
Wurstfest attracts several hundred thousand people from around the world for German food, beer, music and dancing.
One day, a local rancher driving down a country road noticed a man using his hand to drink water from the rancher's stock pond.
The rancher rolled down the window and shouted:
"Sehr angenehm! Trink das Wasser nicht. Die kuehe haben darein geschissen."
Which means: "Glad to meet you! Don't drink the water. The cows have peed in it."
The man shouted back:
"I'm from New York and just down here campaigning for Obama. I can't understand you. Please speak in English."
The rancher replied: "Use both hands."
1 comment:
Hi.
Actually the correct translation is "The Cows have crapped" in the water.
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