Those Crazy German Kids

(written 14 June 06)

Hi all, if you don't know, Germany just defeated Poland and is now 2-0 in their World Cup run. Now here's the funny part...it's almost 11pm here and I only know because the farm across from my house must have sponsored a youth watch party. I know that because about 10 minutes ago Spud freaked out and I heard kids singing in German. Now you want to hear even funnier?

Of course you do.....so I open the door to pin-point the singing...yep it's at the farm house (more of a nice manor with a huge cattle barn next to it) which has a large party tent up in their driveway and the singing is coming for there. Since Corpus Christi is tomorrow I quickly turned off my lights and moved to my computer to check out my "German Customs and Traditions” web site. I don't want any surprises like kids showing up on my door step dressed like the Three Wise Men expecting candy and/or money as they did on January 6th (Epiphany-Three-Kings...the money goes to charity). So I hid out like any non-knowing American would and did my research…no luck...then it dawned on me, they had to be watching the World Cup.

I went back to my front door and opened it (I had to make sure they weren’t getting closer) right as the song changed to “We Are the Champions.” Yep, sung in accented English, and they were firmly rooted in their tent (thank God for the rain or the little buggers might be roaming the streets.) Another quick search and I had the mystery solved Germany won. So...no more hiding out in the dark for me. However I might just put on my Deutschland t-shirt to be on the safe side…ha ha