Not Sure What I Just Agreed To

With Germany advancing in her World Cup bid with her 4-1 win over England, there is soccer mania throughout Germany. Houses everywhere are flying the German flag and nearly every car has a least one, if not two (or more!), German flags flying. Some people have taken their German flag and tucked them in the front hood of their car so the whole front of their car cries out "Deutschland!"

Not wanting to be the only car not flying the black, red, and gold, I stopped into a store along the Autobahn to buy a flag for our car. Finding a flag, I took it up to the cashier.

"Zwei euros," she said rather firmly.

"Ya!" I plunked out my two euros with a smile.

She rang up the purchase and then she began a long run of German words that I could not understand. And then, thinking that I was understanding it all, she continued with more words. She concluded with a big, "YA?" She was looking for a reply. She wanted a reply to a bunch of words that I did not understand.

At that point I had two choices. I could use my meager German language knowledge and tell her that I really did not understand her OR I could just say, "Ya!" and go on. So which one would you choose?

With my biggest smile I picked up my flag and said, "YA...YA!!" and I walked away.

Walking back to the car I wondered what I had just agreed to. Perhaps...

(1) I agreed with her that, like everyone else, I was a great German Wold Cup fan OR...

(2) Maybe she was telling me just how stupid it is that I, like all these other crazy people, are spending their money on these stupid flags for a dumb sport.

All I can say is, "YA!" Go Deutschland in the World Cup" and if you see a blue car running around Westfield in a few days flying a German flag, please nod your head with me, smile, and say, ""YA!"