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Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2004 10:28 (UTC)My husband keeps asking me what's so funny, but explaining things always ruins them.
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Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2004 16:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:06 (UTC)No wonder :) it's mumbled and slangy German, and contains an allusion to a regional dialect as well.
But as Missy Sedai said, explaining why the sentence is funny would probably spoil most of the joke.
*came here via Carina's journal*
Date: Thursday, 8 April 2004 12:37 (UTC)xD
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Date: Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:02 (UTC)