Saturday, July 21, 2018

Du besser achtung

How to make Dave smile?  Tell a memory.  Dave often spoke of his German father and even learned a few German phrases.  His favorite was "Du besser achtung!" or you better watch out or be careful.  When Dave was in the Navy shore patrol, he picked up some unruly sailors, speaking only German. He recognized a term they kept saying, something like rufus, stufus.  So, Dave replied, " du besser achtung, ferstain rufus stufus."  The sailors understood and stopped talking. I love that story and I guess Dave does too because I got big smiles as I told it this morning.
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