Monday, December 19, 2011

SPEAKING GERMAN IN TEXAS

SPEAKING GERMAN IN TEXAS
 
 In Texas there is a town called New Braunfels , where there is a large German-speaking population.
  
 One day, a local rancher driving down a country road noticed a man using his hand to drink water from the rancher's stock pond.
  
 The rancher rolled down the window and shouted: "Sehr angenehm! Trink das Wasser nicht. Die kuehe haben darein geschissen" ( "Glad to meet you! Don't drink the water. The cows have shit in it.")  
  
 The man shouted back: "I'm from New York and just came down here campaigning for Obama. I can't understand you.  Please speak in English."
  
 The rancher replied: "Use both hands



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