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minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·1 year ago“I’ll give you $50” “It’s a million square miles!” “Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.” “YOU KILLED THEM!” “Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoEnglish: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine… Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg… Dutch: SOLD!
“I’ll give you $50”
“It’s a million square miles!”
“Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.”
“YOU KILLED THEM!”
“Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine…
Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg…
Dutch: SOLD!