I kept yelling through the train bathroom door, "No Sprechenzie Deutsch! Yo Das am pooping! No Sprechenzie Deutsch! Am poopingisch!"

Oct 15, 2025 8:23 AM

cryborg

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Meh. I had the Austrian border guards check my passport on the train while I was on the toilet with diarrhoea. At least the ham and cheese roll from the Prague railway station was very tasty, despite the consequences.

11 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Could have gone worse

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Thank you. I was looking for a gif of Franka Potente yelling Scheiße!

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

How rude dude, maybe he wanted to see you shit

11 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

See if it floats

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"Nix Deutsch sprechen. Andere Baustelle!"

11 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That is not what my travel guide told me to say.

11 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Technically, "Sprechen sie" means "Do you speak."

So what you were actually saying to him was "No, do you speak German?"

A better option would be to ask "Sprechen sie English?" rather than trying to say you don't speak German. Tell them what you DO speak. See if it floats. Chances are they know some English.

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Danke for teaching me a little German. I was on a trip from Hungary. A very schwierig language for Americans.

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