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Originally Posted by Hugh
The version I heard of this was from one of my RAF FB pages (one of the RAF stations in Germany).
The nearest German equivalent to "the shit hits the fan" is "Jetzt haben wir den Salat" (“Now we have the salad”) - things are so bad they are reduced to eating salads. (not a literal translation our phrase, more of an equivalent feeling (things are really bad)) - this was told to me by one of my German civvy co-workers in the early 80s.
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Can we keep the scare-mongering to a minimum, please?
If we have corroboration for this sort stuff, fair enough, but otherwise it is just spreading frightening rumours.
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Fair enough Hugh, i've deleted it.