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SoonerCatholic

You know how many times I get that? I even used to get it from my pediatrician.

Sorta funny story: my sister's sixth grade class was putting on Hamlet for their Shakespeare unit and everyone thought it would be funny if my sister was Guildenstern's companion. She wasn't interested in acting though.

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For those interested in learning the song, there are instructional posters.

[img]http://www.playle.com/pictures/MOONCATANTIQUES2147.jpg[/img]

([url=http://justrightclub.com/images/just_right_club_020.jpg]larger version[/url])

I couldn't find a picture of the poster my family has. It's got a donkey sitting on a bench in the middle, pointing at each of the things around it.

Or even better, you can get it on a [url=http://dutchgiftoutlet.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=1715]beer stein[/url] ;)

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Laudate_Dominum

[quote name='homeschoolmom' timestamp='1296310602' post='2206335']
Mmmmmm Berliners....

[img]http://www.swissbakers.com/cart_bakers/images/BerlinerBeignets-3MARCH10.jpg[/img]
[/quote]
I am a Berliner. :heart:

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You know, I've told that story to a German speaker, and she thought his meaning would have been understood perfectly. In other words....it's not as big of a mistake as American German teachers like to say it was ;).

[For anyone not in on this joke - we're discussing JFK's speech in Berlin where he announced 'Ich bin ein Berliner.' If he wanted to say he was from Berlin, he should have said, 'Ich bin Berliner.' - no article. Ein Berliner is a jelly donut. It's the difference between saying 'I'm from Hamburg' and 'I'm a hamburger'...but, not really.]

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