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Article #484Re: Where do babies come from?
From: M.X. Goltsman
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 23:27
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 23:27
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In article <27u692$gko@fbi-news.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> wegner@zorro.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (ricki R. Wegner) writes:
>
>Some little kids from different countries discuss the question where
>little kids come from. The German kid: The stork brings them; the
>Italian kid: They come out of the cabbages; the French kid: Well I must
>not tell you exactly, but it has something to do with man and woman and
>bedroom. Then they ask the Swiss kid, it ponders for a while and says:
>Well, in our country, this is handled differently in the different
>Kantons [states].
>
>====================
>
>Well I'd like to know about lots of countries: where the babies come
>from; and make a list.
>
>Germany --- the stork brings them;
> Germany, offensive: "The donkey lost you while galloping"
>France --- they grow inside cabbages and roses
>Italy --- they grow inside cabbages apparently, but I've never
> heard it before
>
>Others???
>
>ricki (I was bought in the hospital, I think :-)
Russia --- Generally, kids are found in the cabbages or brought by storks.
I have, however, heard of kids being purchased anywhere from
hospitals to hardware stores and sometimes even won on fares.
Looks like kids are the only product widely available in Russia,
doesn't it?
I was personally found in various places,
depending on mom's mood at the moment.
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