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(Telegraph)   Police baffled by mystery of English speaking boy who has been living in a German forest for the last 5 years. What mystery? He speaks English, he probably just crossed the border from Australia   (telegraph.co.uk) divider line 64
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MurphyMurphy [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 12:00:28 AM
I saw this movie
 
AverageAmericanGuy
2011-09-17 12:01:19 AM
I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.
 
ghostofreasonpast
2011-09-17 12:01:34 AM
From every episode of Hogan's Heroes I have ever watched, I just assumed all Germans spoke English, and only used their native tongue to accent certain points.
 
Lipspinach
2011-09-17 12:01:57 AM
Can we let that "joke" die please?
ITS NOT FUNNY!

/pretty much guarantees a green though
eh, subby?
 
skinink
2011-09-17 12:03:44 AM
True Fact: Hitler was a failed artist not because he was bad, but because all of his painting was of kangaroos in the Outback.
 
libranoelrose [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 12:05:03 AM
How many of them are there???
 
songbird1987
2011-09-17 12:06:17 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

thatsthejoke.jpg

As a person who spent half her summer in Salzburg, Austria, this summer, I snorted at the headline.
 
octopied
2011-09-17 12:07:56 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.

That was so ridiculous/stupid that I think he must have made that as toungue in cheek remark, pretending to be an ignoramous that does't know the difference between Austria and australia.
 
thisispete [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 12:08:11 AM
Lipspinach: Can we let that "joke" die please?
ITS NOT FUNNY!

/pretty much guarantees a green though
eh, subby?

Referencing Dumb and Dumber is always funny.
 
James F. Campbell
2011-09-17 12:08:50 AM
songbird1987: thatsthejoke.jpg

Actually, I think you're the one who missed the joke. (AverageAmericanGuy is the joke.)
 
whosits_112
2011-09-17 12:09:24 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.

That's the joke, dum-dum.
 
DeadBaby
2011-09-17 12:10:37 AM
Er ist ein Lügner. Es ergibt keinen Sinn.
 
thenateman
2011-09-17 12:11:20 AM
Is he hot?

/oblig
 
whosits_112
2011-09-17 12:11:55 AM
Also, Kaspar Hauser approves of this news article...
 
antron
2011-09-17 12:15:02 AM
Subby:

img90.imageshack.us
 
TomD9938
2011-09-17 12:15:43 AM
Im thinking they were recent tourists and this kid greased his dad.

He knows how to use a compass to get out of the woods (read that in another article) but doesnt know where he comes from?

B.S.

/fluent in Australian myself...
 
buckeyebrain
2011-09-17 12:16:43 AM
Did anybody point out to AverageAmericanGuy that that's the joke, yet?
 
Fluorescent Testicle
2011-09-17 12:20:02 AM
Lipspinach: Can we let that "joke" die please?

I'm Australian and it still makes me laugh. Lighten up, Francis.
 
7wolf
2011-09-17 12:20:30 AM
I'm guessing either he had some mental issue, or just doesn't want to go back to where he's actually from. If he also lied about his age, maybe a foreign legion deserter.
 
skochtaype
2011-09-17 12:20:47 AM
Blah blah blah AverageAmericanGuy blah blah dummy blah blah blah.

/blahblah
 
twfeline
2011-09-17 12:24:14 AM
whosits_112: Also, Kaspar Hauser approves of this news article...

Thanks. Was holding my breath.
 
steamingpile
2011-09-17 12:26:25 AM
buckeyebrain: Did anybody point out to AverageAmericanGuy that that's the joke, yet?

Youre the first, congrats
 
weasil
2011-09-17 12:27:02 AM
When I last taught 4th grade, I had a student who insisted that after they escaped Iran, her family walked across Australia, and ended up in France. No matter how many times I tried to explain (using maps, globes, etc.) it just didn't take.
 
Fano [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 12:27:05 AM
ghostofreasonpast: From every episode of Hogan's Heroes I have ever watched, I just assumed all Germans spoke English, and only used their native tongue to accent certain points.

The hardest words to say in English are hello, goodbye, please, and thank you, as judged from years of watching foreign characters in tv and movies able to discuss nuclear physics in english, but somehow can never say those words in other than their native tongue.
 
Fano [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 12:29:50 AM
skinink: True Fact: Hitler was a failed artist not because he was bad, but because all of his painting was of kangaroos in the Outback.

I thought he drew bunyips (new window)
 
LordBollocks
2011-09-17 12:30:11 AM
I would love to forget who I was or where I was from ...
 
7wolf
2011-09-17 12:30:12 AM
Fano: ghostofreasonpast: From every episode of Hogan's Heroes I have ever watched, I just assumed all Germans spoke English, and only used their native tongue to accent certain points.

The hardest words to say in English are hello, goodbye, please, and thank you, as judged from years of watching foreign characters in tv and movies able to discuss nuclear physics in english, but somehow can never say those words in other than their native tongue.

That wouldn't surprise me. Those things become more like a reflex than a word with actual meaning.
 
NobleHam
2011-09-17 12:32:33 AM
i53.tinypic.com
 
Need_MindBleach
2011-09-17 12:37:52 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.

If you really are an average american guy, this country is in serious trouble.
 
gerbilpox
2011-09-17 12:39:07 AM
redsquid: Pro tip for the kraut police- try giving us a picture of the boy rather than some bushes.

img847.imageshack.us


Mr. Nesbitt has learned the value of not being seen.
 
reubendaley
2011-09-17 01:18:28 AM
Shouldn't we put another shrimp on the barbie?
 
Uneven Displacement
2011-09-17 01:18:42 AM
I'll put money on this being the topic of a Jon Krakauer (or similar) book in a few years.
 
Fluorescent Testicle
2011-09-17 01:20:59 AM
Uneven Displacement: I'll put money on this being the topic of a Jon Krakauer (or similar) book in a few years.

Hell, it'll be used for an episode of Law & Order or CSI within a month.
 
Begoggle
2011-09-17 01:22:24 AM
whosits_112: AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.

That's the joke, dum-dum.

www.yodawgyo.com
 
GreatGlavinsGhost
2011-09-17 01:32:50 AM
octopied: AverageAmericanGuy: I think you mean Austria, retardmitter.

But it's still strange, because English isn't the primary language of Austria.

That was so ridiculous/stupid that I think he must have made that as toungue in cheek remark, pretending to be an ignoramous that does't know the difference between Austria and australia.

Wait. You mean there are two countries named Australia? Australia proper and Austria (which has some heretofore unknown meaning in Australian's native language)

/Confused.
 
FerneJohn
2011-09-17 01:37:29 AM
www.memestick.com
1.bp.blogspot.com

Put another shrimp on the barbie, fraulein.
 
larrycot
2011-09-17 01:45:27 AM
a German man was found wandering the streets of Sheerness, Kent, apparently without any knowledge of who he was or how he got their.

Got their what, exactly?
 
Virulency
2011-09-17 01:49:23 AM
James F. Campbell: songbird1987: thatsthejoke.jpg

Actually, I think you're the one who missed the joke. (AverageAmericanGuy is the joke.)

+1 all those people got counter trolled
 
beergun [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 02:00:27 AM
Uh..probably an American kid who's parents are stationed there.
 
Deacon Blue [TotalFark]
2011-09-17 02:00:31 AM
Maybe it's this chick's brother:

i1198.photobucket.com
 
Hassan Ben Sobr
2011-09-17 02:10:30 AM
whosits_112: Also, Kaspar Hauser approves of this news article...

I'm gratified someone took a stab at this reference-
 
bahknee
2011-09-17 02:41:47 AM
larrycot: a German man was found wandering the streets of Sheerness, Kent, apparently without any knowledge of who he was or how he got their.

Got their what, exactly?

This. Proofreading, how does it farking work?
 
Gordon Bennett
2011-09-17 02:54:22 AM
It could be quite useful to have supplied a recording of his voice. Native speakers may be able to place his accent to give an idea as to where to begin searching missing person records.
 
bannerrefugee
2011-09-17 03:17:17 AM
As an american, married to an Austrian while living in Australia I am getting a kick out of these responses. And I laff at the joke everytime.

Now I will give the article a squizz
 
battery1979
2011-09-17 03:43:17 AM
LordBollocks: I would love to forget who I was or where I was from ...

Has anyone suggested tequila or ever clear yet?
 
0Icky0
2011-09-17 03:44:30 AM
Since when can Australians speak English?
 
ktybear
2011-09-17 03:45:25 AM
reubendaley: Shouldn't we put another shrimp on the barbie?

prawn, not a bloody shrimp
/geez mate
 
battery1979
2011-09-17 03:46:51 AM
0Icky0: Since when can Australians speak English?

Australia, the US, and Britian, three countries separated by a common language.
 
bannerrefugee
2011-09-17 04:04:23 AM
Yeah, and then there's India
 
siege_bong
2011-09-17 04:17:46 AM
That must have been quite a swim from Austria
www.festered.com
 
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