Radagast wrote:Made me remember this oldie:
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."
Reminds me exactly of being over in Holland at a hockey tournament years ago, playing what could be described as a somewhat arrogant German team when one of their cocky forwards came to an abrupt halt when he ran into our brickshithouse of a full back (he was actually a builder). Getting the hit awarded against him by a less than sympathetic Dutch umpire, he complained from the ground with out man still standing over him.... "But Umpire, Umpire, he hit me! He hit me!" Whereupon, one of our more drier players replied....."And so did the RAF"
We all pissed ourselves laughing and the Umpire had a slight smile on his face..the Dutch don't have much sympathy.
Have to say....there were a couple of other German teams who were a good crack who didn't like this lot either. Fizz
We won by the way......
Radagast, brilliant 
