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    Hast du einen Clown gefrühstückt?

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    Hast du einen Clown gefrühstückt?

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    Hast du einen Clown gefrühstückt?
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    I am guessing this translates as, "Are you joking?" or "You have to be kidding." But does it literally mean "Have you eaten a clown for breakfast?"?
    I love German!!!!
    AuthorDwayne16 Aug 04, 20:31
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    I'm guessing it's probably a comment to someone who has been telling jokes all day or something along those lines. It sounds like kind of a grandmotherly thing to say - but hey, I'm not really up on the Jugend-Slang these days, who knows. Maybe something like "Oh, we've got our clown hat on today, do we?"
    #1AuthorAL16 Aug 04, 20:46
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    That's correct. If, say, someone who usually is more of a serious kind continues on cracking jokes, others might assume that he must have "had a clown for breakfast" as (s)he wouldn't act like this under normal circumstances.
    #2AuthorKrümel16 Aug 04, 21:15
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    this is a friendly way of saying "you annoy me with your jokes today!" to someone who usually doesn't :-)
    #3Authornati16 Aug 04, 23:05
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    Kalauer:

    Zwei Kannibalen essen einen Clown. Sagt der eine zum anderen: "Der schmeckt aber komisch..."
    #4AuthorJoker ;-)16 Aug 04, 23:47
     
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