Friday, February 19, 2010

Questions

1. If DaVinci was such a genius, why did he choose to work with materials that started to crumble within weeks of the completion of his masterpiece?

2. If Germans are so efficent, why can't I buy T-mobile Austria phone credit at the T-mobile store in Berlin?

3. How many steps does it take to order a meal in Italy?

4. Why do Europeans opt for square pillows?

5. Why do former Socialist states charge you to use the toilet? Is this an expression of capitalist freedom?

6. What do Polish rail conductors think when they look at our Polish eurail passes? (They always look a bit lost)

7. How does a 10m x 20m painting go missing for over a hundred years?

8. Why does Baby M kick at meal times?

9. What is it that makes us look like we are looking for a toilet?

10. Why would you have signs only in Italian in an "American Bookstore" only selling English books?

11. Why does a command in German translate to a polite request in French and an option in English?

12. Where did Augustus the Strong get all his money from?

13. Why would you translate into English information about Egyptian artefacts but not those of your own national story which you might want to tell?

14. Why are things closed on the day we go to visit and why is it always a one off random day?

15. Why is part time Polish resident Nigel Kennedy touring Australia right now!?

16. Why do I have to go back to work?

17. Why are all my clothes olive green or navy blue?

18. Will anyone write back with answers?

2 comments:

  1. Hah!! Can just imagine you saying all that, Mama M!

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  2. 7. David Copperfield was probably involved somehow
    9. The anxious squint
    17. You subconsciously pine to be in both the army or the navy.

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