Sorry, if this doesn't exactly pertain to German culture, but I wanted to share a response I received when I forwarded the Britisher's original announcement which was humorous, but unfortunately also true. >>Since receiving the royal announcement, I have a few questions to as the new goverment. 1. Must we salute the queen with all our fingers displayed or can we be selective? 2. How many East Indian doctors will manage our clinics for public health care? 3. Must we relearn how to cook bacon? 4. How can I get a seat in the house of commons and who will count the ballots? 5. Who will be crazy enough to direct traffic the first day we switch to driving on the left side of the roads? 6. Are we permitted to throw bombs on Guy Faulk's day? 7. Do we get tax credit for wasting all those previous dollars on English sport cars? Looking forward to your replies, old chaps, should be simply smashing.                                                  Cheerio,                                              Robert of Springslyshire.>> Shirley in Colorado Springs ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from  rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.23) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:48:46 -0500 Received: from  pimout3-int.prodigy.net (pimout3-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.102]) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:48:40 -0500 Received: from [209.254.241.98] (A010-0606.CLSP.splitrock.net [209.254.241.98])     by pimout3-int.prodigy.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAHImZi119372     for <[email protected]>; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:48:35 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.01 (1630) Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:48:02 -0600