Alan Johnson does a runner - Page 3

Margaret Pilkington · 21-01-2011, 19:34

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I have to say Margaret I actually had some empathy for the guy, okay don't like him as a politician, but its bad enough when your marriage is on the rocks without it being played out on the front page of the Red Tops, I know been there and got the T-Shirt

You are right John, it is a very sad thing when a marriage goes to the wall.
(well, it saddens me)
It seems like it was a bit of a shock to him too. You can't do a high profile job while you are in emotional turmoil.

Eric · 21-01-2011, 20:25

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Didn't he tell them he was a hamburger? Could be wrong.....it is a long time ago now, and the memory isn't quite as sharp.

It was: "Ich ein Berliner." And a Berliner is ...

Ouch ... it's hard to type with frozen fingers. Just shovelled out for the second time today. Cold warnings out for Saturday and Sunday. Old folks like me not supposed to go out. Police on the lookout for the few street people in the city, making sure they are taken to shelters. But I'm rambling; probably caused by 13 years of

Eric · 21-01-2011, 20:28

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Your getting Eric your getting it, but don't you think your getting a bit boring now

Hey, t'weren't me who started to blame all of England's problems from the World Cup performance to bleak economy on the previous govt. Let me see; it was ... it was ... some guy from Ossy

Barrie Yates · 21-01-2011, 20:44

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Originally Posted by Eric

It was: "Ich ein Berliner." And a Berliner is ...

Ouch ... it's hard to type with frozen fingers. Just shovelled out for the second time today. Cold warnings out for Saturday and Sunday. Old folks like me not supposed to go out. Police on the lookout for the few street people in the city, making sure they are taken to shelters. But I'm rambling; probably caused by 13 years of

I always thought it was "Ich bin ein Berliner", and I understood that to be a sausage or wurst - perhaps D in G can clarify?

yerself · 21-01-2011, 20:58

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

perhaps D in G can clarify?

Nein, er ist ein scouser.

Eric · 21-01-2011, 21:00

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I always thought it was "Ich bin ein Berliner", and I understood that to be a sausage or wurst - perhaps D in G can clarify?

Yeah ... missed out a word. Ben Johnson wouldn't have been surprised: he tried to teach me German.

Margaret Pilkington · 21-01-2011, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Eric

It was: "Ich ein Berliner." And a Berliner is ...

Ouch ... it's hard to type with frozen fingers. Just shovelled out for the second time today. Cold warnings out for Saturday and Sunday. Old folks like me not supposed to go out. Police on the lookout for the few street people in the city, making sure they are taken to shelters. But I'm rambling; probably caused by 13 years of

I don't know what a Berliner is!
But see......told you the memory was getting a bit rusty

Eric · 21-01-2011, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I always thought it was "Ich bin ein Berliner", and I understood that to be a sausage or wurst - perhaps D in G can clarify?

Just checked it out. "Ich bin ein Berliner" is what he said. This means, loosely, "I am a jelly filled("jam" for you guys) donut." What he should have said was: "Ich bin Berliner." This means: "I am a citizen of Berlin."

Mancie · 22-01-2011, 02:12

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I always thought it was "Ich bin ein Berliner", and I understood that to be a sausage or wurst - perhaps D in G can clarify?

D in G is more likley to be sorting out his new cabinet.. this is the outcome,, Cameron, Osbourn, Clegg , and ze new German Chancellor Dave ze German

jaysay · 22-01-2011, 08:56

The thing that's really made me smile is the New Shadow team Mr Ed and Mr Balls, is a Tony and Gordon scenario all over again

DaveinGermany · 22-01-2011, 11:31

Berliner = Donut usually it's got Jam in it !

So JFK blithely stated to the German public he was a Donut !

Mancie, Mancie, Mancie,

You my friend are once more maintaining the standards I've come to expect from you ! Don't fret none, when I come to power I've got a special job lined up just for you !

Barrie Yates · 22-01-2011, 13:45

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Berliner = Donut usually it's got Jam in it !

So JFK blithely stated to the German public he was a Donut !

Mancie, Mancie, Mancie,

You my friend are once more maintaining the standards I've come to expect from you ! Don't fret none, when I come to power I've got a special job lined up just for you !

Thanks Dave - knew it was something to eat

I used to settle for Bockwurst at the Spandau U-Bahn en route to a night out in Charlottenburg

, maybe that is why sausage stuck in my mind - apologies Eric

jaysay · 22-01-2011, 13:50

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Berliner = Donut usually it's got Jam in it !

So JFK blithely stated to the German public he was a Donut !

Mancie, Mancie, Mancie,

You my friend are once more maintaining the standards I've come to expect from you ! Don't fret none, when I come to power I've got a special job lined up just for you !

Not too many long drop toilets to dig out these days Dave

DaveinGermany · 22-01-2011, 14:46

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Not too many long drop toilets to dig out these days Dave

I was thinking more along the lines of every Kingdom needs a Jester ! Right up Mancies street I would've thought ? Well he makes me chuckle !

And Barrie I've had Bockies & Bratties, but when in Berlin tended to go for a Kebab as it was one door down from "Joe's Irish Bar".

jaysay · 22-01-2011, 16:26

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

I was thinking more along the lines of every Kingdom needs a Jester ! Right up Mancies street I would've thought ? Well he makes me chuckle !

And Barrie I've had Bockies & Bratties, but when in Berlin tended to go for a Kebab as it was one door down from "Joe's Irish Bar".

Ya Spot on about Mancie Dave, happen get in a suite of Lincoln Green, a hat with a bell on it