bin -> ist (3rd person singular)

Bob Dole bin ein Frankfurter.

Jalopnik's in Frankfurt?

Hot dog!

@rgseidl: We know, but the joke's better if you think of it as closely as possible in context to the Kennedy quote.

"Ich bin im Delmont 88?"

@Ray Wert: ...in which, for all intents and purposes, Kennedy called himself a fruit-filled pastry?

favorite political quote, ever.

Just give us a shot of Sabine Schmitz on the Nordschleife driving the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile prototype! [www.youtube.com]

@smokeydog001:
aka, the Sexiest Woman Alive

Between 15 supermodels and Sabine, I'd rather be with Sabine... :D

Und Keiner Eier

I hope you didn't mean it.

The JFK speech is definitely funny. 99,99% of American, when going abroad are thinking: "Why bother speaking any foreign laguage? The whole world speaks english!"
For once, somebody wanted to say a few word in the local language. Unfortunatelly, the guy who wrote his speech didn't know much german... So sad.

@smokeydog001: I just learned about Sabine Schmitz, thanks indirectly to your comment.
Personally realizing what a challenge the Nordschleife is even in a silly simulator, I must say she did an impressive thing here.

In this clip from TopGear she does the 'Ring in 10:08, which is a respectable time for the amateur racer in a sports car. Thing is, she did it a huge van! "...overstier und understier und everyting!" (That's a Ford Transit, which looks to be the equivalent of the Mercedes/Dodge/Freightliner Sprinter UPS vans we see in the U.S.)

[www.youtube.com]

@FLB: I'll take Keeley Hazell, thanks.

She must come from a long line of sud Prussian illicit alcohol transporters!

You should read the recent news....GWB referred to the APEC meeting as OPEC and thanked the Australian Prime Minister for visiting Austrian troops in Iraq. I always think of Dumb and Dumber when the Austrian chick tells the character where she's from and he responds with, "g'day mate!". Such a sad state of affairs:(

@elitza: So we guess that means we're one tasty sausage, eh?

@elitza:

JFK clearly stated "I am a donut", and then he started a war (far far from Germany).

@Ray Wert: And the burgermeister is the guy in charge of the barbecue.

So what is a resident of Berlin called in German?

@Hyman Decent: The correct grammar is "Ich bin Berliner." The "ein" makes him a pastry. Also, I hear Wert is a mean griller.

@Ray Wert: Kosher dogs FTW!

@cgraham: +25 for gratuitous TOOL reference/cookie recipe disguised as scary song.

(obviously, my five years of high school and college German haven't completely left me.)

@elitza: Pastry hot dogs FTW! Or, maybe creme-filled hot dogs?

@elitza: I'm French-Canadian. I once attended a social at my university where there were exchange students present. We heard that some were from Denmark. One of my friends tried to pick up a cute little blonde. Going for it, he used his best English:

'Are you a Danish'?...

I was disappointed to learn that the whole jelly donut thing is an urban legend (at least [en.wikipedia.org] says it's false). Apparently there is a pastry called a berliner, but the "ein" doesn't necessarily imply that he was a donut.

The Berliner is a a doughnut filled with jelly and has in most cases a sugar-topping. "Ich bin ein Berliner" has two meanings: 1. I'm a resident of Berlin! 2. I'm a doughnut!.
Since the residents of Berlin don't call this doughnut "Berliner", we call it "Pfannkuchen", his intention an the meaning was at least clear for Berlin residents.

@discontinuuity: In case anyone's keeping track of Los Jalopniks, Spinelli and Bumbeck should have just landed in Deutschland. They're probably gathering their luggage right now and setting out for the hotel. Me? Oh, I'm in Amsterdam at a sports bar in Schiphol Airport making a Heineken "mein bitch" and waiting for my puddle jumper out to the land of frankfurters. And yes, I'm tired.

@Maymar: Totally other conversation...

@ Hyman Descent -

A person from Berlin really is called a Berliner.
Same for Hamburg -> Hamburger, Frankfurt -> Frankfurter and Wien (Vienna) -> Wiener. Only Americans are amused by the fact that all of these words have secondary connotations in a different context.

@Ray Wert: why would we want to know that? this is a foreign language site, d'oh.

@Mark Miller:
Hey Mark
How fast do you think Sabine would have been on the "C&O"?
She is bitchin hot!

@rgseidl: I can't speak for my fellow Americans, but I am also amused by the fact that the name of the Canadian city of Regina (it's the capital of the province of Saskatchewan) rhymes with 'vagina'.

@FLB: That reminds me of this story, which may be apocryphal. There was a young lass from the Greek island of Lesbos attending college here in the U.S. Alas, she was not very sociable and didn't have many friends. At one social gathering, someone who had never seen her hang out with any guys asked her, "Are you a lesbian?" She replied, "Why, yes, I am! How did you know?"

If kudzu grew in the Eifels, Sabine would be driving for NASCAR!

@smokeydog001:
And she would be SMOKIN those boys!!

Okay, let's be honest. Sabine isn't bad looking but she's no looker. The only real reason she is attractive is because she amazing behind the wheel and can dominate the Ring like no other. For a hot girl who can tear it up quite well look no further than Vicki from Fifth Gear.

@SMOKEYDOG001 you mean 'das Boot' leggers?

@racerx:
Sabine is not the best looking but she is a babe none the less. All the others are just cheesecake.

Her greatest appeal to me, other than looks and talent, is that she doesn't take herself too serious. Amazing what a lack of minders, corporate sponsors and multi-gross Deutschmark contracts can bring out in a person.

@smokeydog001 -

Sabine Schmitz is one of the official drivers of the Ringtaxi service, which means she drives paying customers around the Nurburgring at ludicrous speed. The service is sponsored by BMW. She also has her own show on an - admittedly small - German TV network.

So if she doesn't take herself too seriously, perhaps that's just her personality.

Why am I responding to a post that Ray is supposed to have written next Thursday, September 13th? Are we in the Twilight Zone yet?

@MalFuller: Its the time difference between here at Euro. They're three days ahead of us.

WTF! On my planet, which revolves only once every 24 hours, there is no place that's three days ahead of any other place. Except perhaps the Twilight Zone.
@weberduder:

@MalFuller: It's all about the exchange rate. Right now the Euro day is worth about 21.2% more than the US day. But we're still more productive.

BTW, in Frankfurt try the Stuwwelpeter museum for a good weird experience.

@cgraham: Love the reference to Tool.
They should serve "Die Eier von Satan" as an aftershow treat - I'll take mine without hash though.

Is Sabine single?

I think she is divorced @LuciferV8:

I guess it's worth posting a link to her Wikipedia entry again.

where's the Panamera?!

@elitza: OK, can we please put that stupid urban legend to rest? It's not true.

Meanwhile...where's DaveyG?

@ HYMAN DECENT
Her married name was Reck? You couldn't make this schiest up! LOL