Hopeless Holocaust

[Michael J. Hußmann]

Blake Stacey (blake.stacey at ens-lyon.fr) wrote:

> I was flying Lufthansa the other day, and the captain came on the PA to 
> give his
> "we will be crusing at 35,000 feet" spiel.  He did it in both English and
> German; I could swear that he said "Brenschluss" for "cruising
altitude".  My
> German  is nowhere near as good as my French, so I may have mis-heard 
> entirely, but it kept me amused for a good long while.

That would have been "Reiseflughöhe" -- it's a loose fit, but plausible
given the low-fi quality of the PA.

- Michael


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