Thanks to William Wellington Napier for forwarding this funny tale,
 told by a United Airlines pilot.
 "The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport are infamous for being
 a short-tempered lot," the pilot notes. "So it was with some amuse-
 ment that a United 747 listened to the following exchange between
 Frankfurt ground control and the pilot of a British Airways 747
 (call sign Speedbird 206).
 "Speedbird: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206, clear of the
 active [runway]."
 Ground: "Guten morgen, taxi to your gate." The BA 747 pulls onto
 the
 main taxiway and stops.
 Ground (brusquely): "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
 Speedbird: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
 Ground (impatient): "Speedbird 206, have you never been to Frankfurt
 before?"
 Speedbird (coolly): "Yes, several times in 1944, but I didn't stop."
 Rex Gose
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