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Post 161

Ih-Dschieh

So why shouldn't it work with my mobile? smiley - biggrin


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Post 162

aka Bel - A87832164

Don't know. smiley - erm


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Post 163

Ih-Dschieh

Ah yes... er...well...
So... Oh, the new issue of "Fragezeichen" just arrived. We are only 4 people who wrote this time! smiley - sadfacesmiley - wah
They all seem to be hibernating smiley - sadface


ACE's Hi

Post 164

aka Bel - A87832164

Oh, I bet they'll be back - like the proverbial bad penny. smiley - cheerup


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Post 165

Ih-Dschieh

Is there such a proverb? And what does it mean?


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Post 166

aka Bel - A87832164

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/4/messages/1231.html


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Post 167

Ih-Dschieh

Funny that the Americans should use a word associated with money with the adjective bad...


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Post 168

aka Bel - A87832164

Well, according to that website the origins are in England. smiley - biggrin


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Post 169

Ih-Dschieh

Not really less shocking! smiley - biggrin


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Post 170

aka Bel - A87832164

But we have a similar phrase here, that of the 'falscher fuffziger'


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Post 171

Ih-Dschieh

But we are clever! What does it cost to fake a penny? smiley - laugh
And does it have to refer to money? It could also be a fifty-year-old man. A kind of advanced "Don't trust anyone who is over 30" smiley - rofl


ACE's Hi

Post 172

aka Bel - A87832164

No, it definitely refers to money. Not sure whether it's meant to be our former 50 Pf coin, or 50.00 DM bill, though. Probably the first.


ACE's Hi

Post 173

Ih-Dschieh

Nah - who fakes a coin? smiley - laugh


ACE's Hi

Post 174

aka Bel - A87832164

Oh, no idea. Didn't it contain real silver?


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Post 175

Ih-Dschieh

At least it wasn't magnetic and it would explain why there are no self-made silver earrings for sale anymore... smiley - erm


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Post 176

aka Bel - A87832164

There aren' anymore? I had no idea there ever where. smiley - laugh


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Post 177

Ih-Dschieh

Oh yes, there were - at least in a metropolis like Hamburg... smiley - tongueout


ACE's Hi

Post 178

aka Bel - A87832164

Oh, I don't know about Frankfurt, the area where I live is more like a village, really.


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Post 179

Ih-Dschieh

So is Frankfurt - even if it's called Mainhattan. I mean - really: closing the main station at midnight! How much more rural can you get?


ACE's Hi

Post 180

aka Bel - A87832164

I never knew it was closed at midnight. Are you sure of tzhat?


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