French instructions for German patch kit

Q. said:

This is a true story ...

A friend of mine had a very old patch kit made in Germany.
The kit had an instruction sheet with instructions printed
in several different languages. In all languages, there
was 5 steps, except for French which had 6 steps. My
friend was curious what the extra step was, so he had it
translated:

Step 1: Wash Hands

And I thought all the Iraq war-related anti-French trolls
had died out by now.

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Quoted message said:

This is a true story ...

A friend of mine had a very old patch kit made in Germany.
The kit had an instruction sheet with instructions printed
in several different languages. In all languages, there
was 5 steps, except for French which had 6 steps. My
friend was curious what the extra step was, so he had it
translated:

Step 1: Wash Hands

C.Q.C.

Interesting. So the Germans believe that all French people
(or at least those riding bicycles) have dirty hands?

Nigel Grinter

John deLancey said:

Quoted message said:

This is a true story ...

A friend of mine had a very old patch kit made in
Germany. The kit had an instruction sheet with
instructions printed in several different languages. In
all languages, there was 5 steps, except for French which
had 6 steps. My friend was curious what the extra step
was, so he had it translated:

Step 1: Wash Hands

Zog wrote undeniably:

Quoted message said:

And I thought all the Iraq war-related anti-French trolls
had died out by now.

It was a mistake to post this on April 1, because it
actually _is_ true!

I used one of these patch kits in Belgium in 1975. I
wouldn't call it an anti-French troll so much as a
revelation of the German attitude toward the French, at
least at that time.

This would, of course, never fly in the modern EU.

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This is a true story ...

A friend of mine had a very old patch kit made in
Germany. The kit had

an

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instruction sheet with instructions printed in several
different

languages.

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In all languages, there was 5 steps, except for French
which had 6

steps.

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My friend was curious what the extra step was, so he had
it translated:

Step 1: Wash Hands

C.Q.C.

Interesting. So the Germans believe that all French people
(or at least those riding bicycles) have dirty hands?

I dunno, but there is a rather good chance of having dirty
hands by the time you have got the inner tube out.