The Rector’s article in this week’s newsletter is a bit on the dense side for my taste. It needs a German joke or two to enliven it—like the one I heard from my Austrian cousin Eugen Adler:
Three Bavarians are drinking in a beer hall when a Prussian, uninvited, sits at their table. The Bavarians are visibly irritated, but the Prussian ignores them and orders a liter mug of beer and a schweinshaxe (roast pork knuckle complete with crackling—delicious!).
When the beer and food arrive, the Prussian picks up the salt pot and shakes it vigorously over the schweinshaxe. No salt comes out. The Bavarians nudge each other and snigger rudely.
The Prussian, unperturbed, unblocks the little holes in the salt pot with a toothpick. Then, having salted his food, he eats up, drinks his beer, and pays his bill.
As he walks out of the door, one of the Bavarians turns to the others and says, admiringly: “Those Prussians might be swine, but you can’t beat them when it comes to technology.” Dah dah dah dah!!!
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