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ANECDOTE

TWO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ROOMED TOGETHER IN PARIS IN
THE MIDDLE AGES. ONCE THEY WERE ABOUT TO EAT
WHEN A GERMAN BOY TOOK HIS KNIFE AND CUT A SLICE
OF CHEESE AS THIN AS POSSIBLE. HE HELD IT UP AND
SAID, "VIDEO TE, HUNGARICE."
THE HUNGARIAN STUDENT PICKED UP A HUGE SLICE OF
CHEESE AND CUT A LITTLE WINDOW THROUGH THE WHOLE
WIDTH OF THE CHEESE AND SAID, "VIDEO TE,
GERMANICE."

Submitter comment: DR. DAMIN DOES NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 01-00-1964

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