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| Sacrilege of Chinese Lederhosen threatens Oktoberfest! |
| 2008-09-25 |
| The Munich Oktoberfest, the annual showcase of Bavarian culture, got off to a rousing start with almost a million visitors downing 450,000 liters of beer over the opening weekend. But folk societies are warning that the regionÂ’s proud heritage is under attack from cheap Lederhosen made in China, India and Eastern Europe. Mein Gott!! |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 Clothes like this are wrong on so many levels . . . . |
| Posted by: General_Comment 2008-09-25 19:55 |
| #4 An article posted here not long ago by that ponce of a British writer on his way to hang out in the Enclosure at the Munich Oktoberfest said that only tourists wear the cheap foreign-made Lederhosen. Locals and those in the know buy local brands from certain exclusive shops. Rantburg's own European Conservative weighed in on the subject. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-25 19:27 |
| #3 what is lederhosen? It's what's worn by adult males who haven't been hammered by Stacy and Clinton yet. And being drunk isn't an excuse except for being bare naked in Soldiers Field to watch the Bears play on a December Sunday. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-25 19:06 |
| #2 Leather shorts with cute suspenders, worn mostly by Bavarian men, sinse. (Though I think men in Austria and Switzerland also wear them.) Go here. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-25 18:30 |
| #1 what is lederhosen? |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-09-25 17:43 |