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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 2153414, member: 7724"]just in case you mean the cage in the Hofbräuhaus: not for rent but reserved for regular guests. my great-grandfather had two steins there. was a good excuse even after he emigrated to Switzerland because he hated the Prussian Kaiser - and wars anyways - to flee the regime of my great-grandmother "to get his stein in Munich" - a standing expression in the family because everyone knew he was a rambler - and was not seen again for half a year. but always working on his journeys and sending gold coins home hidden in the dirty clothes.</p><p>after his death at over 80 the hospital asked the family if they could have his liver for the anatomic collection of the hospital because they have never seen one in that size.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252215[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 2153414, member: 7724"]just in case you mean the cage in the Hofbräuhaus: not for rent but reserved for regular guests. my great-grandfather had two steins there. was a good excuse even after he emigrated to Switzerland because he hated the Prussian Kaiser - and wars anyways - to flee the regime of my great-grandmother "to get his stein in Munich" - a standing expression in the family because everyone knew he was a rambler - and was not seen again for half a year. but always working on his journeys and sending gold coins home hidden in the dirty clothes. after his death at over 80 the hospital asked the family if they could have his liver for the anatomic collection of the hospital because they have never seen one in that size.:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: [ATTACH=full]252215[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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