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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    Russian anectode about Germans    |
|    16 Nov 23 23:51:42    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65568eec       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 654cc704       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20231113       NOTE: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32).       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: 0200       The subject line is:       Russian anectode about Germans              I don't think `anecdote' means what you think it means.       Check "anecdotal evidence" and "historical anecdote".              AK> Two Russian immigrants              emigrants?              AK> who lived in Germany saw that at the nearby building       AK> site              /a/ nearby buildin site.              AK> there were a lot of bricks and no watchmen.              Well-said!              AK> They decided to stole bricks              to /steal/              AK> and make a sauna.              to build a sauna, perhaps?              AK> At night they took a car, went to the building site and       AK> loaded the car trunk with bricks. Suddendly there came       AK> German policemen and stricty asked the men, what the       AK> hell they were doing there. The Russians said that they       AK> had built a sauna and some bricks remained. It was a       AK> pity to throw it out, and they decided to carry it to       AK> this building site.              /had/ decided, I think. Also, referring to /some bricks/       with /it/ seems wrong.              AK> The German policemen became very angry. They said it       AK> was unlawful to utilise bricks in such an a way. They       AK> said to the men, to take the bricks back and get lost.              ....told the men to take...              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/130 131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 142/104 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 266/512 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 301/1 305/3 317/3 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 2119 322/0 757 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/81 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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