tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post112326091805117826..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: Sommerloch, Part 3Jon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1123823106776670452005-08-12T07:05:00.000+02:002005-08-12T07:05:00.000+02:00Ah..bad fashion sense...and I thought that market ...Ah..bad fashion sense...and I thought that market was cornered by the County Fair goers of my fine state...Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247567992274342429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1123410574908531872005-08-07T12:29:00.000+02:002005-08-07T12:29:00.000+02:00Aha, Chaussee, I didn't realize that. I'd been tol...Aha, Chaussee, I didn't realize that. I'd been told that yes, you <EM>could</EM> become a citizen if you passed a number of exams, one of which was set up to prove that you possessed "a German sense of Ordnung," which made my mind reel. I'm aware, of course, that there's a Turkish member of the Greens in the Bundestag, and figured that's what he did. But thanks for clearing that up.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1123401472274455672005-08-07T09:57:00.000+02:002005-08-07T09:57:00.000+02:00That's funny. At virtually the same time you were ...That's funny. At virtually the same time you were being "push-polled" (a term I don't think I've heard before) the same thing was happening to me. Except my phone call was clearly from an organization trying to get marijuana decriminalized in San Francisco. It didn't even seem like the writer of the questions had made any effort to conceal the orgnization's bias.<BR/><BR/>I went with the most outrageous answers I could, just on principle. Although I didn't disagree with any of them.Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.com