Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: "Feet in mouth" of Heinrich Luebke, German president 1964-69 (cl Message-ID: <437@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jul-83 05:21:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.437 Posted: Sat Jul 16 05:21:20 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 17-Jul-83 16:26:53 EDT Lines: 18 the poor man seemed to turn senile during his tenure as President of West Germany, national figure-head and host to dignitaries (in contrast to politicians). Some say he was just a politician but ... He seems to get tribute for a phrase many Germans are likely to use when knowing little English: "Equal goes it lose" meaning "Soon it will start" his statement to his host in the US during an opera. "That must have been an evil person and surely deserved it" ( I can't remember the quote literally ) reply to his host when told that they were just passing the prison where the French had held Boumedienne (?) for over 25 years. President Boumedienne, hero of the revolution and his host, was not amused.