The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2483   Message #1784293
Posted By: Ron Davies
15-Jul-06 - 12:24 PM
Thread Name: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
I'd love to hear this song.

It seems pretty clear that the more languages you speak, the better--and it's also a lot of fun.

It's also clear, as discussed earlier, that the Germans get a bad rap in the allegation they have no sense of humor.

When I was there there were great songs, Ulrich Roski, Schobert and Black, and Udo Juergens, for instance. One of Roski's songs, "Des Pudels Kern" was about a guy who was looking for mushrooms and strayed into a maneuvers area. Picked up for spying, he was grilled for names--so he gave them a lot of names of mushrooms. They were impressed.