Though I’m not sure how I knew it

25 August 2008

So there we were, sitting in Cologne as darkness was falling. My friend grabbed his binoculars and started looking up at the apartments above him. Addressing some guys across the table, he said something in German. I caught one word, which seemed familiar. “What’s Schwanz?,” I asked, “I’m sure I know it.”

He stopped, looking completely caught out and at first refused to say anything. Being pressed further he told me it just meant “tail” and gestured a long tail coming out behind him. I eyed him with suspicion, certain that I was not being told the whole truth, but nothing more was forthcoming. Back in the hotel that night, I fired up the laptop and checked an online dictionary. Sure, Schwanz just means tail. The same as cock just means rooster.

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3 Responses to “Though I’m not sure how I knew it”

Peevish
25th August 2008 @ 1:51 pm

Ok, was he being deceptive and furtive, or gentlemanly? It can’t be the latter because he meant what you think he meant when he was talking to the guys.

Isn’t it funny how they protest when we point out how single-minded they are?

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sarahgrace
25th August 2008 @ 9:45 pm

That’ll teach him to try and speak German when he thinks you can’t understand, wont it?! Ha ha…

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Lindy
27th August 2008 @ 9:01 pm

we just KNOW! When will they figure this out?!!

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