Heart of the City by Steenz for January 11, 2012

General McAuliffe had the 101st Airborne Division backing him up then, Dean; you don’t.

I always wonder which one of the Germans knew American vernacular. And had to deliver the meaning. I highly doubt they got it from context. . ..

You have to admire the accuracy of the snowball throwers.

Dean, get you some snowball artillery..(But not from Acme.)

And it wasn’t “Nuts”, either. It got cleaned up for public consumption. Pretty much the same word in Englsh or in German, though.

I once saw an interview with a German officer who was at the Battle of the Bulge. He said the German command didn’t get the meaning of the English slang — some of their guesses were comical. But they could tell that General McAuliffe’s answer was “No.” And that his attitude was, “Eff you and the Panzer you rode in on!”

think Mrs Angellini is in on it?

“Nuts” was no stronger then. The whole thing was dismissive – more like “You’re bothering me again?”

They will never surrender!

Heart, you had the perfect opportunity to crawl away while Dean was distracting them!