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Tiger Cub [13]
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what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:30 AM
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please enlighten me on the use of the phrase "maybe germans". I have been reading posts on this site for a while now and I guess I missed something. Did it come from the word germane?
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Oculus Spirit [92010]
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I use it (germains too) to say my post may already be news or known to board.
Nov 15, 2019, 11:33 AM
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CU Medallion [63566]
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It is a line from "Animal House" and is used to say
Nov 15, 2019, 11:36 AM
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"This already may be common knowledge, but it is new to me." or "Someone may have already posted this information, but I am posting it also."
NOTE: Clip NSFW ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI
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Re: That's NOT what the line in Animal House refers.........
Nov 15, 2019, 12:34 PM
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OK, I'll help by saying "but the Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor."
Which is something everyone else already knows because it's been discussed previously on TNet, but I'm clueless and didn't know it's a beaten horse.
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^^^^^ mabe gerbels^^^^^***
Nov 15, 2019, 5:14 PM
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:48 AM
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Das haben wir schon mal gesehen.
HTH
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Legend [16860]
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Germans!***
Nov 15, 2019, 11:49 AM
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:52 AM
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More Tnet juvenile silliness.
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Oculus Spirit [97185]
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Indeed a problem that has increased rapidly in last 2 yrs.***
Nov 15, 2019, 12:08 PM
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All-In [27516]
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Re: Indeed a problem that has increased rapidly in last 2 yrs.***
Nov 15, 2019, 3:58 PM
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 5:42 PM
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Exactly why I hardly T-Net anymore...
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:59 AM
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im glad someone finally asked this question. I didn't know either
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:59 AM
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Previous replies give the backstory on it but it means something that's been posted before and in some cases too often. It's akin to beating a dead horse.
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All-In [27366]
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It is used to mean "redundant", "already posted", but
Nov 15, 2019, 12:08 PM
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actually comes from John Belushi being stupid, not redundant, which I guess is even more ironic.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 12:16 PM
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Bad guys during WWII but make really good beer, sausages and clocks.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 6:06 PM
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And cars. Cannot forget cars.
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Just know you have to take everything these guys tell you
Nov 15, 2019, 12:41 PM
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with a grade of slaw. Unless of course, you have pigs of something....
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here is how it came to be
Nov 15, 2019, 12:51 PM
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Early in bowden years we had one of our typical bad losses. Rev Dodd made a speach that started with the famous line from Animal House. Was it over when the Germans bombed pearl Harbor.
Of course somebody corrected him... They always do...
But that line was repeated many times.
In fact it got repeated so many times that instead of writing the whole sentence out people just started shortening it to Germans
And that is how it happened
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Re: here is how it came to be
Nov 16, 2019, 2:20 AM
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Early in bowden years we had one of our typical bad losses. Rev Dodd made a speach that started with the famous line from Animal House. Was it over when the Germans bombed pearl Harbor.
Of course somebody corrected him... They always do...
But that line was repeated many times.
In fact it got repeated so many times that instead of writing the whole sentence out people just started shortening it to Germans
And that is how it happened
Is Rev Dodd still around?
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 12:55 PM
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A reference to a phrase from the movie "Animal House," co-opted by a bunch of moronic keyboard jockeys back in the early 2000s to shame posters for not keeping constant tabs on the board posts and having the audacity to ask about something that someone else had already posted about.
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All-In [44293]
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And many of those same keyboard jockeys
Nov 15, 2019, 11:13 PM
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are still here today...the TigerNet Hall Monitors.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 12:58 PM
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Don't forget to ask about steak knives, scoks and the rag
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 1:17 PM
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Simply mind bottling
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 16, 2019, 7:27 AM
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I’ll take your response with a grain of slaw.
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All-TigerNet [12273]
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whatever happened to that list of t'net terms that was
Nov 15, 2019, 1:07 PM
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posted when a newbie ask such queshions?
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Legend [17637]
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Re: whatever happened to that list of t'net terms that was
Nov 15, 2019, 3:59 PM
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cutigerbob® has it.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 1:22 PM
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I going to be surprised that the OP is not land blasted for bringing this topic up.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 4:00 PM
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Just take it with a grade of slaw.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 8:57 PM
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Just take it with a grade of slaw.
Forget it, he's rolling.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 5:15 PM
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I don't know either , but it's probably offensive to many and it's likely got nothing to do with Ecuador .
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Legend [16913]
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Well, OP, you asked!
Nov 15, 2019, 5:21 PM
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 5:40 PM
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Germanic Question.
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 5:50 PM
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I remember when newbies used to get land blasted for asking that question ...... just like asking if we will choose to play defense if we win the toss. Of course that's germans too!
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 9:14 PM
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 15, 2019, 11:08 PM
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I’m pretty sure it is a reference to something tasty like German Chocolate cake
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 16, 2019, 7:04 AM
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They are the Moran’s who drink hot bier and thought Pearl Harbor was a good idea,
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Re: what is "germans"
Nov 16, 2019, 7:28 AM
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It's not a germane question.
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CU Medallion [54135]
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It's related to SIAP***
Nov 16, 2019, 7:14 AM
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