>>I am probably wrong. I picked up that little factoid from a scene in Saving Private Ryan, so its probably wrong. :)
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>You mean Hollywood might have invented something for a movie? No way! < g >
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>Believe it or not I haven't seen that film yet. I don't remember enough high school German to know how to say that phrase in German (no, this is not an invitation to lurkers to post it!), but I wouldn't be surprised if it sounded something like that. So there could be something to it.

Rick;

Should you see the movie “Saving Private Ryan”, I suggest you not be in the process of eating anything unless you have a strong stomach. Just one scene: They hit the beach and all hell has broken loose. One man is hit and he is being dragged to “safety”. Just then a mortar hits and the lower half of the wounded man is gone. I am sure this lightened the load, just dragging the upper half of the body with the entrails trailing behind, but who knows.

Tom