Or… now I know where that horrible dream came from!
And: February 29th - a 366-day-year!
My Teamleader T grew up in former GDR.
Obviously when you say “I grew up in some place” and you´re not tall they answer, “yes, but not that much!”, as said the bus-driver on our trip to Italy to me.
So we ended up listening to T´s GDR-stories.
And mine.
When you wanted to go to Berlin, you had to enter GDR for a few kilometers. Friends advised us at the border not to look the customs officials in the eye and absolutely wait until they gesture you to drive on, otherwise it´s likely they check your car for some hours.
M, who came to Germany nearly 10 years later looked at me in disbelief!
T said, yeah and you threw your cans out of the car´s windows and we collected them then.
WHAT?
Yes! West-German cans were collected for decoration, to swap for other goods, isn´t that crazy?!
T bought his wedding rings from cans even, no kidding!
But then... see pic above!!!
We brought VB, XXXX and Emu here, too!
And Sarotti-chocolate – the colorful packings were collected, too. T even ironed them – but he never got to taste the chocolate itself. Again, crazy, huh?
No one here knows Eszet, chocolate-slices you put on bread, not even the “Wessis” here know it, I grew up with that.
I bought some to bring to work, hence :-)
T lived so near to the border he could watch West-TV.
Meanwhile the customer had arrived in our office and suddenly we talked about what series we´d watched as kids.
They´re older than me so barbapapa says nothing to me.
But now I know why as a kid I often dreamed I´m a yellow tennis-ball, running around the tennis court, getting faster and faster, so much the next morning I was exhausted.
My parents must´ve had turned on the TV when Zini was running! I must´ve been too little to understand, but likely this is why I dreamed I´m a hectic tennis-ball.
Sad I cannot ask them anymore, but it sounds likely.
C has three kids and said, (the German) Sesame Street now works with celebrities!
- Yeah, really? The origonal does it since ages!
- When do you get to see that?!
- When we´re in Perth, WA.
- Perth WA?!!!! You know how far away that is?!!!
- ...
Do you have days like that at “work”, too?
Fun times!
6 comments:
Chocolate slices for bread??? Oh my that sounds sooooo good Iris!
You didn´t know this, either, Grace?! Am I the only one?
It wasn´t a hit at work, though...
Iris, did you ever have one of those GDR "Coca Colas"? I did, in Leipzig, and I swear it's what made me sick for the rest of my trip. :-)
No, what did you do in Leipzig??? You were really INSIDE GDR?! How come?
A goodwill tour through what were then referred to as the Eastern Bloc countries, the GDR included.
Bummer, never heard of that. Obviously when you´re too near, you just take it for granted and don´t think about options? How was it like?
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