European Women vs American Women

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:57:55 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:53:02 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig
wrote:

Martin wrote:

I read in the local paper that beer sales at the Oktoberfest were down
again this year

Here's some numbers for you:

year beer sold (liters/mass)
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1950 1501200
1960 2875100
1970 3998500
1980 3843800
1981 4243400
1982 4332300
1983 4576000
1984 4971300
1985 5454100
1986 5380700
1987 5281700
1988 5095100
1989 5124100
1990 5430000
1991 5468600
1992 4888800
1993 5193300
1994 5210800
1995 5016200
1996 5262200
1997 5589100
1998 5478200
1999 6005400
2000 6459100
2001 4869800
2002 5761400
2003 6229400
2004 6116300
2005 6100000 (estimated Saturday evening)

So the local paper was right. :-)


BTW: The Oktoberfest had most visitors (better: visits) ever in 1985
with about 7.1 millon.

something to do with charging Euro7 for a half filled/empty litre
glass of beer.

That would be legitimate. However, I am afraid it has to do more with
the bad weather in the second half of the event. People do not like to
sit in the "gardens" when it's raining.

It's not unusual for it to rain. :-)


Worse still on German TV I saw that the Spaten tent had a prat playing
an electric guitar instead of a real Bavarian brass band.

That's not new either. If you like brass, try
http://www.globalkryner.at/.

I'll try the one with the dirndl.

They were one of the bands competing for this year's Austrian entry to the
Eurovision Song Contest.
--
Tim C.

Tim Challenger wrote:

They were one of the bands competing for this year's Austrian entry to
the Eurovision Song Contest.

They were actually the ones to represent Austria in Kiev:
http://www.eurovision.tv/archive_200...sh/austria.htm

Too sad they ended up pretty much at the end of the field.

Jens

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 14:35:11 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig wrote:

Tim Challenger wrote:

They were one of the bands competing for this year's Austrian entry to
the Eurovision Song Contest.

They were actually the ones to represent Austria in Kiev:
http://www.eurovision.tv/archive_200...sh/austria.htm

Too sad they ended up pretty much at the end of the field.

Jens

Oh, did they actually win the Austrian heats? I didn't follow it.
Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except the
other year when they finished ahead of the UK. I took some stick the next
day at work, I can tell you.

--
Tim C.

Tim Challenger wrote:

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Oh, did they actually win the Austrian heats? I didn't follow it.
Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except the
other year when they finished ahead of the UK. I took some stick the next
day at work, I can tell you.

Oh, I remember that. IIRC it was the head of music at the Liverpool
Institute of the Performing Arts who wrote the song!

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Following up to Tim Challenger

Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except the
other year when they finished ahead of the UK. I took some stick the next
day at work, I can tell you.

isn't last the most honourable place to be?
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:23:09 +0100, The Reids wrote:

Following up to Tim Challenger

Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except the
other year when they finished ahead of the UK. I took some stick the next
day at work, I can tell you.

isn't last the most honourable place to be?

The Austrians are the most honourable people I know. ;-)
--
Tim C.

Tim Challenger wrote:

Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except
the other year when they finished ahead of the UK.

Another interesting thing is the traditional voting of Austria for the
German contestants ("Germany: zero points!") and reverse ("Autriche:
zéro points!").

:-)

Jens

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:34:10 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:44:53 +0200, Tim Challenger
wrote:

The Austrians are the most honourable people I know. ;-)

Meaning somebody you work with is reading your mail?

:-)
--
Tim C.

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:59:17 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig wrote:

Tim Challenger wrote:

Austria always comes nearly last - it's a running joke here, except
the other year when they finished ahead of the UK.

Another interesting thing is the traditional voting of Austria for the
German contestants ("Germany: zero points!") and reverse ("Autriche:
zéro points!").

:-)

Of course. Nothing political in it at all. Oh no.
--
Tim C.