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    German tourist arrives at a French airport's visa check. As he fills out the entry form, the immigration officer asks him: -Occupation? The German promptly replies: -No, no, just visiting!

    The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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      German tourist arrives at a French airport's visa check. As he fills out the entry form, the immigration officer asks him: -Occupation? The German promptly replies: -No, no, just visiting!

      The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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      Smithers Jones
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      Sorry, I don't get it. When travelling between Germany and France you don't need any visa, because they are both part of the Schengen Agreement. Hm, maybe this happened before 1985? And yes, I know, yours was a joke. :)

      "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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        Sorry, I don't get it. When travelling between Germany and France you don't need any visa, because they are both part of the Schengen Agreement. Hm, maybe this happened before 1985? And yes, I know, yours was a joke. :)

        "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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        You still have to go through passport control! I fly to the US and do not need a visa, but I am still asked 'Purpose of Visit'.

        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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          You still have to go through passport control! I fly to the US and do not need a visa, but I am still asked 'Purpose of Visit'.

          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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          Yeah, but the US are not part of Schengen. When flying from Germany to France or vice versa, I never was asked about the purpose of my visit. Of course I had to show my ID card, but that's just normal airport security. I also have to show it at a german airport as soon as I want to enter the departure area, regardless of which country I want to travel to. When crossing borders on the ground (i.e. car, train...) between countries that are members of the Schengen Agreement, I don't have to show passport or ID at all. Anyway, I didn't want to start a discussion about security controls when travelling to and fro, I just wanted to bust Deyan's joke :)

          "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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            Yeah, but the US are not part of Schengen. When flying from Germany to France or vice versa, I never was asked about the purpose of my visit. Of course I had to show my ID card, but that's just normal airport security. I also have to show it at a german airport as soon as I want to enter the departure area, regardless of which country I want to travel to. When crossing borders on the ground (i.e. car, train...) between countries that are members of the Schengen Agreement, I don't have to show passport or ID at all. Anyway, I didn't want to start a discussion about security controls when travelling to and fro, I just wanted to bust Deyan's joke :)

            "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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            never ruin a good joke with logic.

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              never ruin a good joke with logic.

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              Well, that was the point, since it's a cliché that the Germans are humorless, taking everything literal in sense and destroying jokes with logic ;) .

              "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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                Well, that was the point, since it's a cliché that the Germans are humorless, taking everything literal in sense and destroying jokes with logic ;) .

                "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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                Oh I get. SOrry, still low on caffeine. I told this to my wife (German ancestry) once and got hit... How can you test to see if someone is German easily? Hand them an assault rifle, if the start marching towards Paris by habit, they are German.

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                • S Smithers Jones

                  Sorry, I don't get it. When travelling between Germany and France you don't need any visa, because they are both part of the Schengen Agreement. Hm, maybe this happened before 1985? And yes, I know, yours was a joke. :)

                  "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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                  It's supposed to be a joke dammit, a joke. oops missed YOUR joke icon

                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                    You still have to go through passport control! I fly to the US and do not need a visa, but I am still asked 'Purpose of Visit'.

                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                    Winding up immigration officers isn't the best reply.

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