Conversation KillersThatNiceMan asks: Have you ever been talking with people down the pub when somebody throws such a complete curveball (Sample WTF moment: "I wonder what it's like to get bummed") that all talk is stopped dead? Tell us!
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 May 2011, 12:53)
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It's a gas...While in the pub the other night, we were talking about various weird and wonderful things that we'd experienced at international scientific conferences. One guy was talking about a conference he'd been to in Bavaria round Christmas time and some of the odd social events that had been organised. A rather vocal Australian colleague expressed suprise and a small amount of disgust for some of these seemingly harmless added extras.
"It's a German tradition though, isn't it?" countered my friend.
"So's gassing Jews, but no-one's arguing we should do that at our next meeting, eh?" riposted the Aussie.
The table of German postdocs next to us finished their drinks and quietly made their way to a pub where they were less likely to get bombarded by offensive national stereotypes.
probably in Dresden
(, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:10, 2 replies)
I liked this BEFORE I saw the small text, which made me make that 'awww' sound half-disgust and half 'that's hilarious'
(, Fri 13 May 2011, 6:12, closed)
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