The bag lady is having a contest ! Enter here :)
- Thread starter mini_art
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
Jibba 
Was ist los?
I know a little bit of German, I was in Germany for about 2 1/2, VERY BEAUTIFUL and VERY COLD TOO, I would love to go back
Was ist los?
I know a little bit of German, I was in Germany for about 2 1/2, VERY BEAUTIFUL and VERY COLD TOO, I would love to go back
There isn't much up on my end... I grew up with my Dad and his mom speaking Dutch and German... Or Pennsylvania Dutch...
Later I worked for a company based out of Leichtenstein so the cursory knowledge of the language came in handy.. But I know little more than pleasantries...
Later I worked for a company based out of Leichtenstein so the cursory knowledge of the language came in handy.. But I know little more than pleasantries...
Me too...
My Grand-Father was a POW and he knew all sorts of languages...
I remember he was teaching me numbers in German...eins, zwei, drei...and I was thinking to myself, my numbers in German, it's not like I am ever going to Germany...
Little did I know, I was going to be an Army Brat...living in Germany
My Grand-Father was a POW and he knew all sorts of languages...
I remember he was teaching me numbers in German...eins, zwei, drei...and I was thinking to myself, my numbers in German, it's not like I am ever going to Germany...
Little did I know, I was going to be an Army Brat...living in Germany
Me too...
My Grand-Father was a POW and he knew all sorts of languages...
I remember he was teaching me numbers in German...eins, zwei, drei...and I was thinking to myself, my numbers in German, it's not like I am ever going to Germany...
Little did I know, I was going to be an Army Brat...living in Germany
My grandfather shot a lot of Germans as a heavy machine-gunner, had 3 purple hearts, but didn't know any of the language -- does that count?!?!?! How about the two years I worked in a german restaurant with a n oompah band?!?!?! I still hear the accordian in my nightmares sometimes......I like Uschi Digard's old movies........
How's that for a Ripple bump?!?!?!?!
Luv ya' mini!
Awe Ripple lu u too ! Thanks !
German , I have a lot of German relatives on the other halfs side , however I dont speak it and they dont either really . The Grandparents used to I am told .
German , I have a lot of German relatives on the other halfs side , however I dont speak it and they dont either really . The Grandparents used to I am told .
Just stopping to see if anyone has more stories , being Sunday i am being lazy LOL.
I already told one...am I allowed to post another story.
Well, I'll just share it...
I remember this one Christmas...this was a few years back.
We had spent Christmas with my parents.
It's was me and my husband, my two children and my parents.
We always open our gifts Christmas Eve...well, one Christmas Eve...we decided to open the presents early, I remember there was so many presents, we couldn't see the Christmas tree, so we figured...we'd might as well get a head start, so here we are on Christmas Eve opening presents at 4:30 in the afternoon.
I'm serious, it was 10:00 p.m. and we were about half way done...with the gifts, in the beginning...yeah, we were all excited...trying on our clothes...jackets, shoes, you know...to see if they'd fit and all...and after a while, we'd open our gift...look at it for a second...and then pass the next gift to the next person.
Midnight came...and we almost done...by this time, the kids were getting restless...to the point where they weren't even giving their gifts a second look, they'd look at their present, put it to the side and yawn, they were getting so tired.
My daughter is disabled, she has cerebral palsy...and everytime we'd get her a doll, especially a doll that would talk...oh my gosh, we'd be there all night. Now, here she was opening her Christmas presents, Baby Alive, Holly Baby, dolls that not only talked...but walked, she didn't even bother.
I remember it was 2:30 a.m., my daughter fell asleep, my husband fell asleep...so here we are...me and my Mom cleaning up and all, picking up the wrapping paper off the floor, eating Menudo and Tamales...
And...I remember, my Mom says..."Next time, we start earlier." I am thinking...earlier, dang...we started at 4:30 p.m., how much earlier?"
The next morning, we woke up and we all went to church, we got home about 11:30 a.m., we looked at the presents, look at one another and went to bed.
Well, I'll just share it...
I remember this one Christmas...this was a few years back.
We had spent Christmas with my parents.
It's was me and my husband, my two children and my parents.
We always open our gifts Christmas Eve...well, one Christmas Eve...we decided to open the presents early, I remember there was so many presents, we couldn't see the Christmas tree, so we figured...we'd might as well get a head start, so here we are on Christmas Eve opening presents at 4:30 in the afternoon.
I'm serious, it was 10:00 p.m. and we were about half way done...with the gifts, in the beginning...yeah, we were all excited...trying on our clothes...jackets, shoes, you know...to see if they'd fit and all...and after a while, we'd open our gift...look at it for a second...and then pass the next gift to the next person.
Midnight came...and we almost done...by this time, the kids were getting restless...to the point where they weren't even giving their gifts a second look, they'd look at their present, put it to the side and yawn, they were getting so tired.
My daughter is disabled, she has cerebral palsy...and everytime we'd get her a doll, especially a doll that would talk...oh my gosh, we'd be there all night. Now, here she was opening her Christmas presents, Baby Alive, Holly Baby, dolls that not only talked...but walked, she didn't even bother.
I remember it was 2:30 a.m., my daughter fell asleep, my husband fell asleep...so here we are...me and my Mom cleaning up and all, picking up the wrapping paper off the floor, eating Menudo and Tamales...
And...I remember, my Mom says..."Next time, we start earlier." I am thinking...earlier, dang...we started at 4:30 p.m., how much earlier?"
The next morning, we woke up and we all went to church, we got home about 11:30 a.m., we looked at the presents, look at one another and went to bed.
I second that can I post another? I'll do it anyway even if it doesn't count.
I'm not quite sure but I think I was 8 or 9 at the time and it was X-mas (the best X-mas I ever had when I was a child). Mind you my family wasn't well off and me and my brother weren't the most behaved kids LOL! Back then if we acted up before X-mas we really, really were on Santa's naughty list and didn't get jack (No Bull). Anyway on this X-mas me and my brother were sure as shoot expecting a piece of coal this time around and Santa (my Dad) had plenty of it. We woke up that X-mas morning and to are surprise there's 2 presents under the tree one for me and one for my brother WOW!!!!! With my mom and dad waking up finding us clenching the presents my dad says with a smirk " go ahead open it" and we did OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER LMBO! Now, my Dad had this way of teaching us lesson's with out us knowing until the lesson is taught and boy we learned. My father derived this devilish plan to take a box and put another box inside that and so on, 5 boxes later we open the last one and SURPRISE another piece of COAL (really COAL) ahhhhhhhhhhh Horrible right! My Dad the funny guy! So with the most disappointed faces and feeling that the world just smack us in the face me and my brother slowly walk out of the room WHEN my dad says in a mean voice "were do you think your going, SIT DOWN!" and we did right where we were standing...... He lectured us on why we got what we got but in the middle of the conversation he glances on the side of us and stops " hey, hey what the (blank) is that" calls my mom over yells at her "did you get them something" mom says "Of course not" we look (DUN DUN) 2 more long skinny, wonderful, most awesome presents in the world behind a desk that just by chance we did not see (that clever old man).... We yell OMG grab the presents not caring who's is who's and RIPPPPP what do you know 2 RED RIDER BB GUNS (remind you of anything LOL!) that me and my brother wanted more then anything in the world in our hands.
SO AWESOME!!!!! From that X-mas on we appreciated that holiday more and everyday in the middle because we learned that day you can't have the GOOD if you never had the BAD..... Thanks Mom and Dad your the best!!!!
P.S I watch The Christmas Story with my kids every year so when that one X-mas comes I can pass the teaching's on. OH and no me and my brother didn't shoot are eye's out hahahaha "It was a icicle, I swear"
I'm not quite sure but I think I was 8 or 9 at the time and it was X-mas (the best X-mas I ever had when I was a child). Mind you my family wasn't well off and me and my brother weren't the most behaved kids LOL! Back then if we acted up before X-mas we really, really were on Santa's naughty list and didn't get jack (No Bull). Anyway on this X-mas me and my brother were sure as shoot expecting a piece of coal this time around and Santa (my Dad) had plenty of it. We woke up that X-mas morning and to are surprise there's 2 presents under the tree one for me and one for my brother WOW!!!!! With my mom and dad waking up finding us clenching the presents my dad says with a smirk " go ahead open it" and we did OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER LMBO! Now, my Dad had this way of teaching us lesson's with out us knowing until the lesson is taught and boy we learned. My father derived this devilish plan to take a box and put another box inside that and so on, 5 boxes later we open the last one and SURPRISE another piece of COAL (really COAL) ahhhhhhhhhhh Horrible right! My Dad the funny guy! So with the most disappointed faces and feeling that the world just smack us in the face me and my brother slowly walk out of the room WHEN my dad says in a mean voice "were do you think your going, SIT DOWN!" and we did right where we were standing...... He lectured us on why we got what we got but in the middle of the conversation he glances on the side of us and stops " hey, hey what the (blank) is that" calls my mom over yells at her "did you get them something" mom says "Of course not" we look (DUN DUN) 2 more long skinny, wonderful, most awesome presents in the world behind a desk that just by chance we did not see (that clever old man).... We yell OMG grab the presents not caring who's is who's and RIPPPPP what do you know 2 RED RIDER BB GUNS (remind you of anything LOL!) that me and my brother wanted more then anything in the world in our hands.
SO AWESOME!!!!! From that X-mas on we appreciated that holiday more and everyday in the middle because we learned that day you can't have the GOOD if you never had the BAD..... Thanks Mom and Dad your the best!!!!
P.S I watch The Christmas Story with my kids every year so when that one X-mas comes I can pass the teaching's on. OH and no me and my brother didn't shoot are eye's out hahahaha "It was a icicle, I swear"
IzdAlian some day I will have to tell the story we pulled on my son the Christmas pest LOL. it sounds a lot like yours
Just like my parents before me, I use the "better be good or you're getting reindeer poop in your stocking".
My father was notorious for the coal trick and the funny part is we didnt even have a bbq LMBO! Now that I think about it he purposely bought a bag of coal just for that reason hahahaha
Bag of coal $10.00, a bundle of boxes $5.00, seeing your kids disappointed look every X-mas PRICELESS!
Bag of coal $10.00, a bundle of boxes $5.00, seeing your kids disappointed look every X-mas PRICELESS!
IzdAlian some day I will have to tell the story we pulled on my son the Christmas pest LOL. it sounds a lot like yours
Would love that mini
Just like my parents before me, I use the "better be good or you're getting reindeer poop in your stocking".
Reindeer poop lol If that was my pop's and he could find it hahaha it would have been in the stocking.......
WOW me and my bro were horrible damn!
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
