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Image problem
« 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.

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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:


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Re: Image problem
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2008, 04:22:08 PM »
I found Vienna spooky. They actually wear national dress as though it were normal!
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2008, 04:24:00 PM »
They’re still searching for some of the Nazi war criminals too…  rubschin:
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #3 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:
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2008, 04:25:53 PM »
Did he have a little hat with a feather in it?
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2008, 04:29:31 PM »
He took it off in the office.
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2008, 04:30:05 PM »
Very polite. DId his secretary wear a smock?
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Re: Image problem
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2008, 04:33:41 PM »



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
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