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Title: Image problem
Post by: Pastis on May 01, 2008, 04:21:05 PM
Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7375963.stm

I think it's a bit more than an image problem, Herr Chancellor  confused:

I saw the girl who escaped capture previously being interviewed on Newsnight last night; amazingly calm and articulate and pointing at deep-rooted beliefs stemming from a nasty Nazi past.

From Wally Ollins:
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There is a general feeling that with Austria, there is something nasty and dark in the woodshed

On a ski trip many years ago, I went with a guide (English) to return something to a house in the village. I didn't go in but the guide came out after a few minutes... They had a portrait of Adolf in the hallway  eeek:


Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Nick on May 01, 2008, 04:22:08 PM
I found Vienna spooky. They actually wear national dress as though it were normal!
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Barman on May 01, 2008, 04:24:00 PM
They’re still searching for some of the Nazi war criminals too…  rubschin:
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Pastis on May 01, 2008, 04:24:42 PM
When I worked for a company (long time ago), we had a visit from a Bavarian supplier...

full Lederhosen  eeek:
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Nick on May 01, 2008, 04:25:53 PM
Did he have a little hat with a feather in it?
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Pastis on May 01, 2008, 04:29:31 PM
He took it off in the office.
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Nick on May 01, 2008, 04:30:05 PM
Very polite. DId his secretary wear a smock?
Title: Re: Image problem
Post by: Pastis on May 01, 2008, 04:33:41 PM

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FaV10TZZ9.jpg&hash=c577eb0c9c48ab6cbb507fc0b9b0f21c28af6146) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV10TZZ9)

He was a bit like the one on the right... but with a feather in his cap, obviously.

And no secretary... unless she was back in the hotel... or in the bierkellar