On a recent bus trip from Edinburgh to Inverness, Ellie, Gemma and I were seated near some Austrians. Here's how the conversation went:
A-L: Where are you going?
Austrian 1: We are going to Inverness on a houseboating trip.
A-L: Great. The six of us will have a great time.
Austrian 2: Uh...
Gemma to me: Someone stole his sense of humour.
A-L: I lived in Austria for ten months, so now I'm going to speak at you in broken German alternating with English in a German/Austrian accent.
Austrian 2: Uh...
A-L: Let's talk about Austria. What's happening there?
And then I was possessed by an evil troll who made me ask: How's Josef Fritzl?
Austrian 1: Uh.
A-L: Sorry, I don't know what evil troll possessed me to ask that.
Austrian 1: Oh, that's ok, he's the most famous Austrian.
A-L: Uh, not really. Julie Andrews is the most famous Austrian.
1 comment:
I always thought Julie Andrews was Swiss and just played an Austian?
I also heard Austria are launching a new "Birthplace of Hitler" tourism campaign. Not a basement in sight...
GW
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