first and foremost - apologies

I'll start this by stating immediately - this may sometimes seem like plageurism ( spell check! ) if you ever visit the linked site www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com - it isn't meant to be but it does strike me that I too have the same or very similar arguments with my German girlfriend. I've spoken to a couple of friends - one has a German ex, another still with his girl in Köln - and both sympathise ( but agree ) on the trials and tribulations of the author ( both here and the linked site ).

Today - a minor disagreement stemming from a film 'Brassed Off' - leading to the Thatcher discussion and of course subsidised coal imports which I foolishly informed her came from ( amongst other places ) Germany. - Dig a grave - as they say.