GR translation: Krypton mumbling oboy, oboy through big mouthfuls of that frau bait

[jochen stremmel]

Yes, I'm sure, you are right, Mike.

2015-08-20 22:43 GMT+02:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:

> Seems you've nailed it.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, he was "gobbling Hershey bars" earlier.  And googling yielded the
>> following.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_children#American
>>
>> The food situation in occupied Germany was initially very dire. By the
>> spring of 1946, the official ration in the US zone was no more than 1275
>> calories per day (much less than the minimum required to maintain health),
>> with some areas probably receiving as little as 700. Some US soldiers
>> exploited this desperate situation to their advantage, using their ample
>> supply of food and cigarettes (the currency of the black market) as what
>> became known as "frau bait".Each side viewed the other as the enemy, but
>> exchanged food for sex anyway.The often destitute mothers of the resulting
>> children usually received no alimony.
>>
>>
>> https://books.google.ca/books?id=O9xTBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=8jmxQYGeW7&sig=0FVnQmdREFxxXkZTeBGJJMrriXc&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBGoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false
>>
>> Meanwhile, candy, gum, cigarettes and such were known as “Frau bait.” (A
>> bit incongruous as Frau refersto a married or older woman; the GIs were
>> seeking Frauleins.)
>>
>>
>> https://books.google.ca/books?id=QNaDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT384&lpg=PT384&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=CI3dUWVyHQ&sig=BwKtFxjkJBcdscqVoKxIgKOhFr8&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBWoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false
>>
>> Willoughby, “Sexual Behavior,” 171, mentions the expression “frau bait”
>> for chocolate and cigarettes during the occupation.
>>
>>
>> https://books.google.ca/books?id=30kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=fJRIMwvii-&sig=Clb0GzAcB_4S6mG7G_7UQpjC_2E&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBmoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false
>>
>> Girls flaunt themselves partly to taunt the Americans but chiefly in
>> order to get "frau bait" of candy, gum and cigarets.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:06 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think so. Rather, it's Shirley who fills his mouth.
>>>
>>> 2015-08-18 0:36 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> V602.14-20   The place never got requisitioned. Nobody has ever seen
>>>> the owner, or even knows if “Putzi” is anybody real. Bodine drives the
>>>> truck right on into what used to be the stable and they all get out,
>>>> Shirley hoorahing in the moonlight, Krypton mumbling oboy, oboy through big
>>>> mouthfuls of that frau bait. There is some password and security hassle at
>>>> the door, on account of the pig getup, but Slothrop flashes his white
>>>> plastic knight and that works.
>>>>
>>>> The "frau bait" here would be food, probabaly a candy bar, is that
>>>> correct?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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