You know you've been in Bavaria too long when.....

Right then.

Lets start one of these off..

My first is inspired by my lunch in front of me.

1. ...when you think that all vegetarian meals should contaiun at least 5% ham.

Any more?

Crosslink by admin: You know you're turning German when...

That beer serverd in glasses smaller than 0,5 belongs with a happy meal

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You won't cross the road until the green man is on, even though there is no traffic for miles around.

...when some says something to u in english and u reply "genau!!"
happened to me!

...when you notice an oompah band should be playing in the bier garden

When you realise that Augustiner Helles is only for the tourists.

When you turn every sentence, even in English, into a question by adding ", oder?" at the end of it.

@Sin - that's heresy!

When even on a 20 degree day, people still wear puffy jackets.

Oh shit - I already do that!


No, it's crap. There are hundreds of better brews if you get your palate out of the city. I was here 3 years before I realised Augustiner is definately NOT the best brew. Then I started 'tasting' as many other, non-Munich brews as I could *hic*. Augustiner is good, very good compared to the crap we had back in Blighty, but there are way better beers all over Bayern.

You get into arguments about the best Süsser Senf for your Leberkäs.

You start to correct shopkeepers / waitresses etc who speak Preussisch too you.

You know you've been in Munich too long when you start rootling around in U-Bahn bins for something to read

(I just know somebody will understand what I'm saying)

That's how I got the Süddeutsche this morning Sin, did you see me goint to work around 9 at HBF ?

when you step off the plane.

Ah Trig me old mucker, it ain't that bad. There are only 7 Cockneys left in London anyway (according to me old man), 2 more in Munich and we'll have more here.

You start threads about being too long in Bavaria, oder?

when u have to wash down every bit of food with augistiner

when you run to catch an S-Bahn even if there is another coming in under 2 minutes.

There is NO argument..

And Augustiner Helles for tourist only?? Only actual fact I have read on this board for days, FACT.

...when you can actually understand the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

That rules me out then.

when you yell Scheiße during an American sports game

When you push old ladies out of the way to be first served at the newly opening checkout.

you actually feel guilty if you eat weisswurst after 12pm...

Sin

Can you recommend some good beers for the new ones here, please. (And where to "source" them.)

I like Sparten, but I was just taking someone's advice.

I second Vicar's request...what would you recommend for Bayerische beers?

when you panic about perhaps not knowing or, more importantly, having the best beer...

(kidding)

I would like to know how to say (holler) "Ride your bike in the bike path!"

Edit: in German that is...

At DR, that would be Hendlmayer's , RIGHT!

butterbean, I always find it useful to say "Hier ist kein Radlweg!" (This is not a bike path!) That's for when they're riding on the sidewalk, which is what I assume you're talking about.

You've been in Bavaria too long when you have more than one Dirndl or Lederhosen, for different occasions or seasons.

Do you mean Spaten? Oh dear god. That's awful beer. The worst of the Munich brews...

No question mr Grtho..

Surely thats, "you know when you should go and buy some proper clothes when.."

Groups of men putting on leather shorts and cramming themsleves into a tent will never do it for me.

Agree'd, aside from Lowerbräu
Augustiner Helles isn't that bad, I prefer Paulaner. But I prefer Augustiner Edelstoff over all the others.

OOOO!!! I feel a new topic coming on.

Right, first off don't go to the big Getränkemarkts, go to the little blokes. There's a superb one just around the corner from me in GroßHard-on. Lovely bloke, he's always giving me free bottles to try. My fav tipple in the winter is Holzer Bier. I think it is brewed by a tiny concern in the Allgau. For bog standard cheap beer you can't go wrong with the most experienced - Weihenstephaner Premium Bavaricum.

There's loads to try. The little Getränkemarkts will let you pull a bottle of each out and mix them into a case. Try the Tegensee Helles as well. When it gets to July/August start trying the Weissbiers: Huber is a good one, and I like Kuchelbauer's Alte Liebe (I think they may even have this in the Bondi).

Cheers

I actually realised just last year (cripes been here 14years now!) that some men can look hot in lederhosen (even hotter without too I guess!) hee. but not the tubby hairy old dudes with shiney arsed and stained lederhosen, rather the tall, dark, young handsome hunks that wear dark just-up-to-the-knee lederhosen, and have billowy shirts undone to the waist...arrr!!!

Just up to the knee? Do you mean just down to the knee or do you like it when the rest of the trousers are around his ankles?

Best beer in Bayern, Tegernsee helle. No question about it, best buy it on draught for that added frisches geschmack. You know you're in Bayern when you get excited about asparagus.

When you get pissed off with people going down on 2-way escalators...

You get genuinely surprised when a drunk becomes aggresive towards you

you think dog shit on the footpath is normal

Nice one Sin & skint.

If I remember one thing today it will be "Tegernsee Helles".

I'm rubbing my knees now, and there's a long slimey drool extending from my mouth to a growing pool on the floor.

You think everyone wearing * a hooded top, dr martens, bomber jacket, lonsdale, Helly Hansen, Fred Perry, or boots is a neo nazi

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*delete as appropriate

If the U-Bahn is more than a minute late, you start looking at your watch and wonder if it's ever going to come

@Moonboot

Sounds bit Colin Firth, doesn't it? How can you get past the "Morris Dancer" thing?

Personally, I find dirndl's a bit dark. I keep thinking of Eva Braun.

Cheers m'dears

I'm with Moonboot. I spent the after-the-ski-club-Oktoberfest-party last year flirting with a be-lederhosened young thing from Nirgendwotal (Florian, his name was), and it made my year! (fanning self)

when you can whistle the bayernlied...

when you think and know that anybody from north germany is an arogant prussian wanker...

when you start saying "schau ma mal" , and you mean it...

when you wax your skis for the coming season in october...

when you consider one centimetre of snow too little...

when you talk with your mouthful, especialy when your on the phone...

when you realise that "servus" means hello and goodbye...

when you think people who reply to "grussgott", with the words "ja wenn ich ihn sehe", are arogant prussian wankers...

when your idea of fast food is a leberkas...

when you find spending a sunny week just sitting in a bier garden an ideal holiday...

Try Lammsbräu: you can get it health food stores (really). The pils is the best I have ever tasted. They do a Dinkel beer (not Dunkel: Dinkel) which is basically a type of german wheat, but it makes for a milder Weizen. their helles is good too.

No way is Tegernseer the best in Bayern. Most of the stuff available in Franken beats it hands down. This for example: http://www.spalter-bier.de/Default.htm
Haven't seen it here though.

When you know who Aloysius is!

@skint: when you think asparagus only comes in white! And you're willing to pay a fortune for it ...

...when you don't think anything of it when you have been to the toilet after a plateful of Spargl!

...when you check TT more often than your email.