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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
In Paris as a youth, I knew I was near the Gare du Nord, but couldn't find it. I attempted to ask a local how to get there, but asked "où est la guerre?" instead.
Froggy fell into sterotype, refusing to help a former ally; "où est la guerre? la guerre est partout!"
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I remember when my friend Michael asked the waiter about "
la pâte en forme de cygne" but he misspoke and said "
en forme de singe." How the waiter laughed -- he nearly fell into the mill stream! Good times.
