On 31 Mar 2004 07:01:41 -0800, (J. Del Col)
wrote:

"Mark. Gooley" wrote in message ...
Ach, It's Gruesome

Mark., with apologies to Gruess an Aachen


"Gruss an Aachen" may sound funny to anglophones, but it doesn't to
German speakers. In Austria the traditional greeting exchanged by
everyone is "Gruss Gott." I spent three months in Salzburg in 2002
and quickly learned that if you didn't say it in response to the
phrase, you were considered rude and uncouth.

However, this phrase isn't used up north (and certainly not used in
Aachen). Up there, you say "Guten Morgen or Guten Tag - good morning
or good day.

Gruess an Aachen actually means "Greetings from Aachen", which is a
different thing entirely.

Now if you want a really strange German rose name, there's "Hamburger
Phoenix."

I find Phoenix too lean for a good hamburger.

The name celebrates the resurrection of the city of Hamburg from the
ashes of WWII, but it brings to mind images of --

1. minced rara avis

See above.

2. An Arizona fast food emporium.

You forgot:

3. Bad hamburger the next day.

(Requires bathroom cleaning).