On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:20:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"John H." wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:05:27 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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November 11, 2005
Rice, in Iraq, Says Strategy Against Rebels Is Working
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
NY Times

If only we could read the minds of the soldiers standing nearest to her
when
she was there. I'd bet a year's pay every one of them would've capped her
if
they were guaranteed no punishment for it.

Pferdeäpfel!

Yeh...OK. Put the bottle away, John.


I don't drink. Oftentimes, while here, I wish I did. It would make much of this
stuff make good sense, I think.

The word is German for 'horse apples'. I once asked some German friends, who use
the word 'bull****' as much as we do, with the same connotation, what would be a
German term or word with the same connotation. After some thought (not much
'cause we were probably very inebriated) they came up with 'Pferdeäpfel'.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes