Explanation: Germans used to (apparently only in my bubble) call cellphones “Handy” and many people still do that. My friends from america found that quite hilarious.

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      1 year ago

      Reminds me of my first day studying abroad in Germany and trying to ask a random guy at the train station to borrow his lighter.

      Me, miming lighting a cigarette: “Wie sagt man—” Him: “Man sagt FEUER!”