Dem Winter Newsletter 2012 der UK Ballad Association entnehmen wir die nachfolgende - etwas rätselhafte - Geschichte von einem Dusch-Abenteuer auf Borkum (mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autoren Barry Quest). Im Originaltext kommt die spezielle Komik besser rüber, wir verzichten daher auf eine Übersetzung.
Shower Surprise. (A true story).
Have just been clearing out and looking through Afrodite’s old log book.
During Afrodite’s journey to her new home in SW England from Denmark we called in to one of the German Friesian Isles – Borkum. One particular incident in Borkum is worthy of mention. The skipper (me) and one of my crew were refreshing ourselves in the men’s shower room when suddenly in walked a 30’ish old women speaking German which was obviously not understood by us mono-linguistic Brits. Another man was also showering and did acknowledge her. His reply (what ever was said) resulted in this woman promptly taking all her clothes off and then joined this man in his shower cubicle. By the way, the cubicles had no curtains so absolutely no privacy. They washed themselves and then he finished leaving her to complete her shower. She then eventually finished, dried and dressed giving us lots of smiles and left as briskly as she entered saying “thank you, until we meet again” (that being the extent of my German).
The fellow who had shared his shower with her then look at me and shrugged his shoulders, said something not understandable but the facial expression and body language said it all - “What the hell was all that about”!
Up until that moment I assumed they were known to each other. A really peculiar situation. I’ve never showered as often since but she never made a 2nd appearance.
Skipper of Afrodite
Ballad 285