Earlier this week I went with Henly to the train station. I wanted to purchase my ticket for Munich, and I needed Henly in case the German got fancy and I accidentally ought myself a ticket to Moscow.
The ticket purchasing was going well. Our "consultant" was your typical Deutsche Bahn worker: He had a noticeable lazy eye. When he asked for my identification, I whipped out my MN driver's license and he smiled and asked us:
"Minnesota, aber nicht St. Olaf, oder?" Which means, "Minnesota, but not St. Olaf, right?"
To which we replied:
"Doch! Ja, St. Olaf!" Which means, "No, you're wrong, yes St. Olaf!"
And then he said what every Oles fears the most, that is, not a comment on our wonderful choir, but the inevitable reminder of our sitcom past:
"Ich mag Golden Girls." Which means, "I like the Golden Girls."
I didn't even know of the GG St. Olaf connection until I was well into my freshman year. Apparently, the Rose character (Betty White? Not the slutty Blanche lady, this show was not on my Nick at Nite roundup) was a farm girl from Iowa and went to St. Olaf. And not surprisingly, GG was popular in Germany, popular enough that our DB consultant told us he even googled St. Olaf to make sure it was real. He found our school website, but then solemnly reminded us that Rose didn't actually attend.
"Ja... wir wissen." Which means, "Yeah... we know."
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"Golden Girls"???? Really?? Of all the sitcoms...Germans like "Golden Girls"? I guess that goes well with their fondness for David Hassolhoff.
haha, thats really funny. Ive definately been in that situation before, and i just shake my head.
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