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37. I was born in Germany to American parents
My dad was in the Army at the time. We left when I was six weeks old, and I wanted to go back my whole life. I finally got to go two years ago, and we're going back this summer. If I think about Germany long enough, I will think of Nazis, but it certainly isn't my first thought.
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  -Is "Nazi" the First Thing You Associate With "Germany"? Placebo  Jun-08-06 10:29 PM   #0 
  - Actually I think of clark griswold in leiderhosen  BigMcLargehuge   Jun-08-06 10:30 PM   #1 
  - Nein...the first thing I associate Germany with is CHOCOLATE  TK421   Jun-08-06 10:30 PM   #2 
  - But Homer, we are from the land of chocolate!  BigMcLargehuge   Jun-08-06 10:34 PM   #4 
     - That's what first came into my mind too when chocolate and Germany came up  socialdemocrat1981   Jun-09-06 08:28 AM   #61 
        - Zat vas ten minutes ago!  CanuckAmok   Jun-10-06 03:11 AM   #106 
  - .......  Revolutionary_Acts04   Jun-08-06 10:31 PM   #3 
  - I think the answer is...  Placebo   Jun-08-06 10:34 PM   #5 
     - Then something like this will happen:  Revolutionary_Acts04   Jun-08-06 10:45 PM   #6 
        - Minus the smoking...  primate1   Jun-08-06 11:05 PM   #9 
           - That's not a mullet.  Revolutionary_Acts04   Jun-08-06 11:14 PM   #15 
              - Wow...  primate1   Jun-08-06 11:20 PM   #17 
                 - Wow !!!!!!!!! Try Ow !!! The Mullet is God's way of telling you it's  gbrooks   Jun-09-06 02:30 AM   #35 
  - Mein namen ist Hessler  Prisoner_Number_Six   Jun-08-06 10:45 PM   #7 
  - Gerard Bruche hier. As Englsh as pound cake. Failed German and French...  gbrooks   Jun-08-06 11:09 PM   #11 
  - Me too.  Placebo   Jun-08-06 11:11 PM   #13 
  - World Cup  Telly Savalas   Jun-08-06 10:54 PM   #8 
  - Nope, I think Hasselhoff and Heino.  primate1   Jun-08-06 11:06 PM   #10 
  - It's Goethe silly....................and Wittgenstein if you're with it.  gbrooks   Jun-08-06 11:11 PM   #12 
     - Goethe, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Rilke, etc  LouisianaLiberal   Jun-09-06 01:20 AM   #30 
        - Kant only makes sense in English silly. He was the first German  gbrooks   Jun-09-06 02:02 AM   #33 
           - My knowledge of philosophical gossip is limited, I guess.  LouisianaLiberal   Jun-09-06 11:29 AM   #75 
              - I was just having a little fun. Truth is I've only read Kant's...  gbrooks   Jun-09-06 02:28 PM   #87 
                 - Ok. Now I see what happened.  LouisianaLiberal   Jun-09-06 04:55 PM   #96 
                    - You're right. What a dufus I am. Didn't mean to imply Hanna Arendt  gbrooks   Jun-09-06 06:33 PM   #97 
                       - Not at all. Enjoyed thinking about things  LouisianaLiberal   Jun-09-06 06:57 PM   #98 
                          - Your remarks about Quine sent me down memory lane........  gbrooks   Jun-10-06 01:12 AM   #100 
  - Oktoberfest! n/t  Earth_First   Jun-08-06 11:13 PM   #14 
  - nope  realisticphish   Jun-08-06 11:17 PM   #16 
  - No.... I think  Amaya   Jun-08-06 11:24 PM   #18 
  - I lived there for four years  MrScorpio   Jun-08-06 11:29 PM   #19 
  - You just weren't looking hard enough! OPEN YOUR EYES!  Placebo   Jun-08-06 11:32 PM   #20 
  - Ach! Nein, nein, NEIN!  giant_robot   Jun-08-06 11:38 PM   #21 
  - Yes I think Europeans enjoy life more than Americans too .  CarolinaPeridot   Jun-09-06 12:26 AM   #24 
  - The first thing I think of is actually, "legally-mandated recycling."  BlueIris   Jun-09-06 12:19 AM   #22 
  - automobile  mdmc   Jun-09-06 12:24 AM   #23 
  - Nein!  njdemocrat106   Jun-09-06 12:41 AM   #25 
  - nope...  bridgit   Jun-09-06 12:43 AM   #26 
  - Honestly?  GoddessOfGuinness   Jun-09-06 12:45 AM   #27 
  - Nope - sauerkraut and Volkswagons and lederhosen  AussieDave   Jun-09-06 12:54 AM   #28 
  - Ach, nein!  Oeditpus Rex   Jun-09-06 01:10 AM   #29 
  - Honey ....  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 02:11 AM   #34 
  - Not by a mile......mom's family came from the Rhineland so its the mother-  Rowdyboy   Jun-09-06 01:23 AM   #31 
  - Nope - equestrian sports  u4ic   Jun-09-06 01:24 AM   #32 
  - I think of my great grandparents on my father's side.  wildhorses   Jun-09-06 02:55 AM   #36 
  - I was born in Germany to American parents  clyrc   Jun-09-06 03:02 AM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-09-06 03:28 AM   #38 
  - Why should it be the first thing that comes to your mind?  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 03:33 AM   #39 
     - I think of you first.  Starbucks Anarchist   Jun-09-06 03:37 AM   #40 
     - Thanks Starbucks  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 03:48 AM   #41 
        - What if I told you I lied?  Starbucks Anarchist   Jun-09-06 03:54 AM   #42 
           - Then I will cry  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 03:57 AM   #43 
              - Oh, all right.  Starbucks Anarchist   Jun-09-06 04:26 AM   #47 
     - Yes, Germany is more than the Third Reich....  everythingsxen   Jun-09-06 04:12 AM   #44 
        - I am German  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 04:16 AM   #45 
        - "even Germans think "Nazi" when they hear "Germany"."....  Robeson   Jun-09-06 04:30 AM   #48 
        - Nope, I think that generation has already passed  alcibiades_mystery   Jun-09-06 08:48 AM   #64 
           - Everythingsxen is old.  AlienGirl   Jun-09-06 03:30 PM   #92 
  - Nope, I think of fussball (soccer) ...  Kickin_Donkey   Jun-09-06 04:19 AM   #46 
  - Nope  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Jun-09-06 04:32 AM   #49 
  - I am some German so no  Wetzelbill   Jun-09-06 04:46 AM   #50 
  - Who would? Only a yoghurt.  Random_Australian   Jun-09-06 05:19 AM   #51 
  - It's actually about the last thing I associate with Germany.  tjwmason   Jun-09-06 05:20 AM   #52 
  - Love the Care Bear  Bassic   Jun-09-06 06:20 AM   #53 
  - Right...  Placebo   Jun-09-06 02:31 PM   #88 
  - I think of German sausages...  HypnoToad   Jun-09-06 06:32 AM   #54 
  - Octoberfest  YankeyMCC   Jun-09-06 06:36 AM   #55 
  - No. I lived there for three years.  Orsino   Jun-09-06 06:41 AM   #56 
  - Nope, I think of Composers.....  new_beawr   Jun-09-06 06:56 AM   #57 
  - What did you think of the movie  MissHoneychurch   Jun-09-06 06:58 AM   #58 
     - It stuck with me  new_beawr   Jun-09-06 07:18 AM   #59 
  - I tend to think of Heidi Klum, Claudia Schiffier, Katarina Witt, etc  NewJeffCT   Jun-09-06 07:36 AM   #60 
  - Mmmm, East German figure skater goodness  JVS   Jun-09-06 08:31 AM   #62 
  - High points? I see the high, but I can't see the points.  Bucky   Jun-09-06 03:42 PM   #95 
  - nope. J. S. Bach.  ulysses   Jun-09-06 08:41 AM   #63 
  - Nope: Beautiful scenery.  Aristus   Jun-09-06 09:01 AM   #65 
  - Nope, cars, machines and no speed limit.  Deep13   Jun-09-06 09:04 AM   #66 
  - Actually I was thinking of ST.PAULI GIRL....  scoey1953   Jun-09-06 09:23 AM   #67 
  - Bad news pal, they don't have that beer in Germany. They have becks...  JVS   Jun-09-06 09:25 AM   #68 
  - I dated her once...  Prag   Jun-09-06 09:30 AM   #69 
  - Did you know that St. Pauli's Girl *m*  DixieBlue   Jun-09-06 09:58 AM   #74 
  - No but it is in the top 10=15  NJ Democrats   Jun-09-06 09:33 AM   #70 
  - The Fawlty Towers episode...  gmoney   Jun-09-06 09:35 AM   #71 
  - no  liontamer   Jun-09-06 09:46 AM   #72 
  - Nope, beer, baby, all the way!  DixieBlue   Jun-09-06 09:57 AM   #73 
  - Muddy Mud Skipper!  Sequoia   Jun-09-06 11:36 AM   #76 
  - Dear God, so do I.  Placebo   Jun-09-06 02:33 PM   #89 
  - definitely not  WoodyTobiasJr   Jun-09-06 11:37 AM   #77 
  - strudel nt  antfarm   Jun-09-06 11:42 AM   #78 
  - I don't but my wife does  seemunkee   Jun-09-06 11:57 AM   #79 
  - I grew up among German immigrant relatives, so my associations  Lydia Leftcoast   Jun-09-06 12:12 PM   #80 
  - Third Base  Ravenseye   Jun-09-06 12:22 PM   #81 
  - Spent way too many years trying to understand German documentation  qnr   Jun-09-06 12:47 PM   #82 
  - BMW, Porche  Book Lover   Jun-09-06 12:58 PM   #83 
  - I associate five things at once with Germany  Lilith Velkor   Jun-09-06 01:34 PM   #84 
  - Heritage.  xmas74   Jun-09-06 01:37 PM   #85 
  - I think of family.  Ariana Celeste   Jun-09-06 01:45 PM   #86 
  - Good autostop on the Autobahn  bikebloke   Jun-09-06 02:53 PM   #90 
  - NEIN!! First thing I associate with Germany is beer.  EOO   Jun-09-06 03:02 PM   #91 
  - First thing I associate with Germany is my childhood home  MadHound   Jun-09-06 03:36 PM   #93 
  - I think of the Berlin wall.  otherlander   Jun-09-06 03:36 PM   #94 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-09-06 07:01 PM   #99 
  - Not quite...  Dead_Parrot   Jun-10-06 01:15 AM   #101 
  - Now it depends in which context.  mwooldri   Jun-10-06 01:19 AM   #102 
  - Nope  reyd reid reed   Jun-10-06 01:21 AM   #103 
  - Adorable  Placebo   Jun-10-06 01:43 AM   #104 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-10-06 03:08 AM   #105 
 

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