The Gobierno helicopter just flew by; somebody must be lost

[Perikles]

Achtung Freunden,

*cough* Freunde 

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Thanks ever so much.  I'll save that n and use it elsewhere.

[Janet]

Achtung Freunden,

2 minutes ago a red and white helicopter flew low from the Masca area heading southeast.

another woman, another lower leg injury ...

don't know if German ...

[Janet]

another woman, another lower leg injury ...

don't know if German ... 

is there actually something wrong with German women's lower limbs?? I merely ask ...

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

is there actually something wrong with German women's lower limbs?? I merely ask ...

All I can say is it makes me so glad not to be German.  I've never said that before, I don't think.

[Perikles]

is there actually something wrong with German women's lower limbs?? I merely ask ...

I suspect it has far more to do with something wrong with their mentality. Any normal person would lounge around swimming pools displaying a disgusting amount of excess fat, shouting at people and drinking heavily, and generally behaving like a five-star slob. But lots of Germans have the perverse notion that getting off their arses and doing something constructive might be a better way of spending their time. I don't have figures, but if 99% of people who go hiking are German, it's hardly surprising that 99% of accidents involve them.

Another factor might be the extremely low standard of walking routes here in Tenerife. Whereas German hiking trails are extremely well laid out and generally well kept, the ones here are appallingly bad, so regular hikers are not used to dangerous hazards such as pebbles and other obstacles which require you to look where you put your feet.

[Janet]

and another German, and in Masca again ...

this time a 76 year old man. Lower leg injury again ...

[Delderek]

and another German, and in Masca again ...

this time a 76 year old man. Lower leg injury again ...

Silly old bugger wasn't trying to climb over a gate was he?

[Michael]

Silly old bugger wasn't trying to climb over a gate was he?

I saw what looked like a military twin turboprop fly low over the coast here at Puerto Santiago this afternoon. I wonder what he was up to? 

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Seems to me it's getting stupid.  Can't they put an age limit on the barranco?  Like 60?