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| File size: | 0FCB bytes |
| Load address: | 4C204556 |
| Exec address: | 45442B2E |
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File contents
DEAR EUG...
AS your editor claims to have been out with lots of European women, I
wonder if he could help me regarding a problem I have with my German
girlfriend, Tina. Everything was fine at the start but recently she has
begun to act in a very distressing fashion. Perhaps EUG will be able to
explain the cultural barrier that I need to overcome to make sense of
her behaviour.
I was first put on alert when I discovered a C90 amongst her hits by
Die Fantastican Vier with the title "Songs Of Praise". As she is not yet
in her thirties, yet alone seventies, I thought it unlikely she'd trans-
ferred the show to a music cassette, so I slapped it into the tape deck
to find out just what it was.
I was astonished to find it actually contained a load of Germans
singing untunefully and then a strangely familiar man shouting "Heil!" -
and a load of incomprehensive German gobblygook about Nuremburg - very
loudly. You understand my suspicions were aroused.
A few days later, we were in a restaurant together. I tried to broach
the subject and, in response to an inoccucious comment I can't remember,
Tina flew up and began screaming a mouthful of the same rally in my
face. Two days later, I found her goosestepping around the flat wearing
a German officer's uniform and shiny boots!
The Electron was brought in too. Just last week, I found that the
aereal lead and tape lead had been rearranged into a swastika logo with
sellotape and dried blood. I also found a new piece of cipher code pre-
sent on a disk called "ENIGMA II" and a lot of VIEW files containing
strange CTRL codes and accents. The title of the PD game NUTTER had been
cunningly altered to "Der Hjalte zum Deutschland".
Perhaps what gives me the most concern are the most recent develop-
ments. Tina's pillow, which had been covered in fluffy toys, now has a
cuddly doll of Hitler on top of it and a mindboggling collection of
torture instruments beneath it. I did have a long black coat in my ward-
robe but it suspiciously disappeared one time Tina was left alone in its
vicinity. I have heard rumours that someone is walking around Solihull
wearing it and shouting "Be afraid of the Gestapo!" at three o' clock in
the morning and I once awoke at such time and Tina was not in the flat!
Unfortunately, my problem is the age old one of wondering whether
these disadvantages actually overcome the advantages of our relation-
ship. Whilst I don't want to dwell on the 'physical' side of things, I
can confidently assert that when we are together on the street, all eyes
turn to look at us and when we are alone, Tina does some right good
slapping. I am also very impressed by her size; she is quite a strapping
lass and is apparently very popular within a close circle of friends
which she won't let me meet. They go out for "matches" together - at
least that is what I think she said, her accent makes t's sound like r's
sometimes!
If you could let me know by return of post whether you or any of your
readers have had any similar cultural differences such as this, it would
be much appreciated. If you know of a way of getting over them then that
advice would be even better. But trying the European card doesn't seem
to work. When I suggested we had the popular identity of European, she
just yelled "I SPIT on ze Europeans!" and frogmarched me outside the
flat with a carrot, then locked the door so I couldn't get back in. The
neighbours are also complaining that there is a distinct smell of gas
coming from our flat and Tina refuses to tell me what she is doing with
a large cylinder, a power drill and seventeen metres of rubber tubing!
Anybody got any ideas?
"Weird Ian", Solihull
UM, yes. Unfortunately I've never come across this particular problem
before. I would suggest a change of medication and a change of scenery -
perhaps to a place with soft, white walls?
(The) Dave, EUG #55
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I| 000005e0 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 6e 65 | also found a ne| 000005f0 77 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6f 66 20 63 69 70 68 65 |w piece of ciphe| 00000600 72 20 63 6f 64 65 20 70 72 65 2d 0d 73 65 6e 74 |r code pre-.sent| 00000610 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 64 69 73 6b 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 | on a disk calle| 00000620 64 20 22 45 4e 49 47 4d 41 20 49 49 22 20 61 6e |d "ENIGMA II" an| 00000630 64 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 56 49 45 57 20 |d a lot of VIEW | 00000640 66 69 6c 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 |files containing| 00000650 20 0d 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 20 43 54 52 4c 20 63 | .strange CTRL c| 00000660 6f 64 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 63 63 65 6e 74 73 |odes and accents| 00000670 2e 20 54 68 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |. The title of t| 00000680 68 65 20 50 44 20 67 61 6d 65 20 4e 55 54 54 45 |he PD game NUTTE| 00000690 52 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6e 0d 63 75 6e 6e 69 |R had been.cunni| 000006a0 6e 67 6c 79 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |ngly altered to | 000006b0 22 44 65 72 20 48 6a 61 6c 74 65 20 7a 75 6d 20 |"Der Hjalte zum | 000006c0 44 65 75 74 73 63 68 6c 61 6e 64 22 2e 20 0d 20 |Deutschland". . | 000006d0 20 20 50 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 67 | Perhaps what g| 000006e0 69 76 65 73 20 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 |ives me the most| 000006f0 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 6e 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 | concern are the| 00000700 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 20 64 65 76 | most recent dev| 00000710 65 6c 6f 70 2d 0d 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e 20 54 69 6e |elop-.ments. Tin| 00000720 61 27 73 20 70 69 6c 6c 6f 77 2c 20 77 68 69 63 |a's pillow, whic| 00000730 68 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 6f 76 65 72 |h had been cover| 00000740 65 64 20 69 6e 20 66 6c 75 66 66 79 20 74 6f 79 |ed in fluffy toy| 00000750 73 2c 20 6e 6f 77 20 68 61 73 20 61 0d 63 75 64 |s, now has a.cud| 00000760 64 6c 79 20 64 6f 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 48 69 74 6c |dly doll of Hitl| 00000770 65 72 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 69 74 20 |er on top of it | 00000780 61 6e 64 20 61 20 6d 69 6e 64 62 6f 67 67 6c 69 |and a mindboggli| 00000790 6e 67 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |ng collection of| 000007a0 20 0d 74 6f 72 74 75 72 65 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 | .torture instru| 000007b0 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 62 65 6e 65 61 74 68 20 69 74 |ments beneath it| 000007c0 2e 20 49 20 64 69 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 6c |. I did have a l| 000007d0 6f 6e 67 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 63 6f 61 74 20 69 |ong black coat i| 000007e0 6e 20 6d 79 20 77 61 72 64 2d 0d 72 6f 62 65 20 |n my ward-.robe | 000007f0 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 73 75 73 70 69 63 69 6f 75 |but it suspiciou| 00000800 73 6c 79 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 65 64 20 |sly disappeared | 00000810 6f 6e 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 54 69 6e 61 20 77 61 |one time Tina wa| 00000820 73 20 6c 65 66 74 20 61 6c 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 |s left alone in | 00000830 69 74 73 0d 76 69 63 69 6e 69 74 79 2e 20 49 20 |its.vicinity. I | 00000840 68 61 76 65 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 72 75 6d 6f 75 |have heard rumou| 00000850 72 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 |rs that someone | 00000860 69 73 20 77 61 6c 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 72 6f 75 6e |is walking aroun| 00000870 64 20 53 6f 6c 69 68 75 6c 6c 0d 77 65 61 72 69 |d Solihull.weari| 00000880 6e 67 20 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 73 68 6f 75 74 69 |ng it and shouti| 00000890 6e 67 20 22 42 65 20 61 66 72 61 69 64 20 6f 66 |ng "Be afraid of| 000008a0 20 74 68 65 20 47 65 73 74 61 70 6f 21 22 20 61 | the Gestapo!" a| 000008b0 74 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6f 27 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b |t three o' clock| 000008c0 20 69 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 | in.the morning | 000008d0 61 6e 64 20 49 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 61 77 6f 6b 65 |and I once awoke| 000008e0 20 61 74 20 73 75 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 6e | at such time an| 000008f0 64 20 54 69 6e 61 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 69 |d Tina was not i| 00000900 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 6c 61 74 21 0d 20 20 20 55 |n the flat!. U| 00000910 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 2c 20 6d 79 |nfortunately, my| 00000920 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 | problem is the | 00000930 61 67 65 20 6f 6c 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 77 |age old one of w| 00000940 6f 6e 64 65 72 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 |ondering whether| 00000950 20 0d 74 68 65 73 65 20 64 69 73 61 64 76 61 6e | .these disadvan| 00000960 74 61 67 65 73 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 6f |tages actually o| 00000970 76 65 72 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 64 76 61 |vercome the adva| 00000980 6e 74 61 67 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 72 65 |ntages of our re| 00000990 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 2d 0d 73 68 69 70 2e 20 57 68 |lation-.ship. Wh| 000009a0 69 6c 73 74 20 49 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 61 6e |ilst I don't wan| 000009b0 74 20 74 6f 20 64 77 65 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |t to dwell on th| 000009c0 65 20 27 70 68 79 73 69 63 61 6c 27 20 73 69 64 |e 'physical' sid| 000009d0 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 2c 20 49 0d 63 |e of things, I.c| 000009e0 61 6e 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 64 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 61 |an confidently a| 000009f0 73 73 65 72 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |ssert that when | 00000a00 77 65 20 61 72 65 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 |we are together | 00000a10 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 72 65 65 74 2c 20 61 |on the street, a| 00000a20 6c 6c 20 65 79 65 73 0d 74 75 72 6e 20 74 6f 20 |ll eyes.turn to | 00000a30 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 61 74 20 75 73 20 61 6e 64 20 77 |look at us and w| 00000a40 68 65 6e 20 77 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 6f 6e 65 |hen we are alone| 00000a50 2c 20 54 69 6e 61 20 64 6f 65 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 |, Tina does some| 00000a60 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 67 6f 6f 64 0d 73 6c 61 70 | right good.slap| 00000a70 70 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |ping. I am also | 00000a80 76 65 72 79 20 69 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 62 |very impressed b| 00000a90 79 20 68 65 72 20 73 69 7a 65 3b 20 73 68 65 20 |y her size; she | 00000aa0 69 73 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 61 20 73 74 72 61 70 |is quite a strap| 00000ab0 70 69 6e 67 0d 6c 61 73 73 20 61 6e 64 20 69 73 |ping.lass and is| 00000ac0 20 61 70 70 61 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 76 65 72 79 | apparently very| 00000ad0 20 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 72 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 | popular within | 00000ae0 61 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 63 69 72 63 6c 65 20 6f |a close circle o| 00000af0 66 20 66 72 69 65 6e 64 73 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 |f friends.which | 00000b00 73 68 65 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 6c 65 74 20 6d 65 |she won't let me| 00000b10 20 6d 65 65 74 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 67 6f 20 6f | meet. They go o| 00000b20 75 74 20 66 6f 72 20 22 6d 61 74 63 68 65 73 22 |ut for "matches"| 00000b30 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 2d 20 61 74 20 0d | together - at .| 00000b40 6c 65 61 73 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 77 68 |least that is wh| 00000b50 61 74 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 73 68 65 20 73 |at I think she s| 00000b60 61 69 64 2c 20 68 65 72 20 61 63 63 65 6e 74 20 |aid, her accent | 00000b70 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 74 27 73 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 |makes t's sound | 00000b80 6c 69 6b 65 20 72 27 73 20 20 20 0d 73 6f 6d 65 |like r's .some| 00000b90 74 69 6d 65 73 21 0d 20 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 |times!. If you| 00000ba0 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 65 74 20 6d 65 20 6b 6e | could let me kn| 00000bb0 6f 77 20 62 79 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 6f 66 20 |ow by return of | 00000bc0 70 6f 73 74 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 79 6f 75 |post whether you| 00000bd0 20 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 0d | or any of your.| 00000be0 72 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 68 61 64 |readers have had| 00000bf0 20 61 6e 79 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 63 75 6c | any similar cul| 00000c00 74 75 72 61 6c 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 |tural difference| 00000c10 73 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 |s such as this, | 00000c20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 0d 62 65 20 6d 75 63 68 |it would.be much| 00000c30 20 61 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 64 2e 20 49 66 | appreciated. If| 00000c40 20 79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 6f 66 20 61 20 77 | you know of a w| 00000c50 61 79 20 6f 66 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 76 |ay of getting ov| 00000c60 65 72 20 74 68 65 6d 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 61 |er them then tha| 00000c70 74 0d 61 64 76 69 63 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |t.advice would b| 00000c80 65 20 65 76 65 6e 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 2e 20 42 |e even better. B| 00000c90 75 74 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 45 75 |ut trying the Eu| 00000ca0 72 6f 70 65 61 6e 20 63 61 72 64 20 64 6f 65 73 |ropean card does| 00000cb0 6e 27 74 20 73 65 65 6d 0d 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b |n't seem.to work| 00000cc0 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 49 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 |. When I suggest| 00000cd0 65 64 20 77 65 20 68 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f |ed we had the po| 00000ce0 70 75 6c 61 72 20 69 64 65 6e 74 69 74 79 20 6f |pular identity o| 00000cf0 66 20 45 75 72 6f 70 65 61 6e 2c 20 73 68 65 0d |f European, she.| 00000d00 6a 75 73 74 20 79 65 6c 6c 65 64 20 22 49 20 53 |just yelled "I S| 00000d10 50 49 54 20 6f 6e 20 7a 65 20 45 75 72 6f 70 65 |PIT on ze Europe| 00000d20 61 6e 73 21 22 20 61 6e 64 20 66 72 6f 67 6d 61 |ans!" and frogma| 00000d30 72 63 68 65 64 20 6d 65 20 6f 75 74 73 69 64 65 |rched me outside| 00000d40 20 74 68 65 20 0d 66 6c 61 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 | the .flat with | 00000d50 61 20 63 61 72 72 6f 74 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6c |a carrot, then l| 00000d60 6f 63 6b 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 6f 72 20 73 |ocked the door s| 00000d70 6f 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 67 65 74 |o I couldn't get| 00000d80 20 62 61 63 6b 20 69 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 0d 6e 65 | back in. 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