European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be our guest crosswalk Sleuth tests his skill on the streets a George Smith guest columnist 1 All me n urn Berg s answer to Quot the m.   in be figured away b to guess which people standing at pedestrian crosswalks Are american. To say that the Guy with the Short. Hair,10-gallon-hat and the a i left my heart in Texas and my Wallet at sexy land to shirt is american does no to take a world class magician. In a talking about something More Subtle. My wife pure German and i too Many nationalities to count so Call me american Fust stumbled on the discovery while waiting for a  Light to turn Green. I Yas 5 of clock in the morning and the Only moving Critter in sight was the Corner pretzel Vendor. While Brigitte patiently waited for the Light to turn i started to fidget looked left and right and then gently tugged my protesting wife to the other Side. She scolded me saying it was important to always follow the rules especially when kids May be watching. I told her the pretzel Vendor was Short enough but his stubble and Cigar seemed to disqualify him As a Crumb snatcher. A a that a not the Point a she said. A we heed to set the example in Germany we follow the rules. Niernberg s not new York  i argued that we  be wasting valuable minutes of our lives wailing for a pedestrian Light to change. Why if we added All those wasted minutes together we could do something really worthwhile with it like watch More to. That argument did t move her except to the Brink of an upset stomach so we did. It her Way for a while until we flew to London for summer vacation. Sure enough while strolling near Hyde Park we had to Stop at a crosswalk and wait she patiently me not for the Light to turn to a color she liked. Quot while we stood there hordes of people streamed around us crossing gasp while the Light was still Bright red. And. I m not making this up a a. The last person to Cross was a woman hobbling on crutches. Brigitte mumbled that such behaviour must be cultural and that most people from English speaking countries must have a passion about having the Freedom to Cross the Road when they want to. A. A  a a. A a. I thought about this and did some observing when we got Back to Germany. Sure enough lots of americans seemed to Cross when the pedestrian Light was red while most germans seemed to wait. A we broke it Down even More. If there was a contents from the cover 4-6 a most important american shooting Competition comes to Europe staff writer Marian Hamilton has the Story with photos by Dave Didio and cover design by Peter Jaeger. Trends7 get ready for super Nintendo books and language 8-9 Diat have women done to deserve All this Odds amp ends. 10 Chambers on her relationship with de Mcmahon genealogy and Horoscope to plus. U Spike Lee s latest More controversy _ television listings12-14 local Cable and satellite schedules. On television is a columnist protests def Filangi r endings _. On video 6 Quot Kimler Cartat cop Quot Quot Pinsl comls Quot i a a a a a v Joe Bob Briggs i .17 Joe Bob does he casting on a Columbus this weeks films 18-19 Quot i x 2"ain v All that special. A a a Quot .1 a a Complete cafes circuit listings v classified ads. 20-23 last Lugii. 24 Dave Bany,.cartoons from Annid the world red pedestrian Light and no traffic coming the most Likely to Cross were in descending order americans Young germans they probably Felt nimble enough to Dodge any Surprise threat Domestic pets older germans and a least Likely to Cross a my wife and i. Did i say my wife and i yup. What i did no to pass on to you was that in the United kingdom right alter we saw the wornian hobble on red i decided to Cross the next intersection when i wanted to not according to the color on the opposite Side of the crosswalk problem was. The traffic comes at you from a different Way there. 1 was centimetres from becoming a splash of color on a speeding taxi when Brigitte yanked me Back on the curb. I still done to know Why she did. She could be in. Her Tecl All my debts.1 a a it George Smith is the an station manager in Niernberg Germany. A s unday Magazine sets aside this space. Each week for guest columnists. If you have encountered anything amusing a confusing frustrating or fascinating a about life in Europe in the Riili Tryor in general Wco a like  about it. Done to get frustrated if you done to  col until  while. We have quite a backlog but we like to hear from new people. 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