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<p>[QUOTE="TJ1952, post: 2372485, member: 76413"]No. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an American, I lived and worked in Germany about 20 years ago. I worked with Americans and Germans. We were in Germany, so <b>"any"</b> excuse to stop work and get a beer via the beer halls, pubs, bars, restaurant or brotzeit, was good enough for us. Obviously, the Germans knew where all the best places were. Whenever our group (10 or 15 guys) would end up at one of these places, the first two words out of someone mouth would be <b>"Pfennig check"</b>. If you couldn't pull out a Pfennig from your pocket or wallet and show the group, guess what? YOU were buying the first round. To this day, I still carry that Pfennig you see about in my wallet. Needless to say, the new guys to the group always paid the price. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TJ1952, post: 2372485, member: 76413"]No. As an American, I lived and worked in Germany about 20 years ago. I worked with Americans and Germans. We were in Germany, so [B]"any"[/B] excuse to stop work and get a beer via the beer halls, pubs, bars, restaurant or brotzeit, was good enough for us. Obviously, the Germans knew where all the best places were. Whenever our group (10 or 15 guys) would end up at one of these places, the first two words out of someone mouth would be [B]"Pfennig check"[/B]. If you couldn't pull out a Pfennig from your pocket or wallet and show the group, guess what? YOU were buying the first round. To this day, I still carry that Pfennig you see about in my wallet. Needless to say, the new guys to the group always paid the price. :woot::)[/QUOTE]
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