Why do all the tiny children of Germany want to flee to Africa? Newslink

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

These two first Graders want to go to Africa to get married!

BBC NEWS | Europe | Child elopers' Africa plan foiled

Two German children - aged five and six - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say.

The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport.

They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness - Anna-Lena’s seven-year-old sister.

The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened.

The young couple were “very much in love” and had decided to get married in Africa “where it is warm”, police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.

And **these three **were just breakin out of da Big House (Kindergarten).

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100114-24579.html

“The rascals apparently wanted to catch a flight from Nuremberg to Africa,” police spokesman Bert Rauenbusch said in a statement, adding they planned to have the plane make a stopover at a local toy store on the way.

The children took advantage of a brief unsupervised moment to bust out of their kindergarten in the city’s Langwasser district. Their sudden disappearance sparked a massive search effort including a helicopter, the fire department and federal police officers after their kindergarten teacher alarmed the authorities. But the manhunt failed to turn up the tiny explorers.

A woman eventually happened upon them and returned them to their relieved teacher unharmed.

So. Why Africa, for all these pint-sized Teutonic nomads?

[Baron_Greenback]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

So. Why Africa, for all these pint-sized Teutonic nomads?

It’s a place to go that will have mystery and adventure! When I was the age of these little kids I wanted to go and explore the Amazon Jungle because I read stories that made it seem slightly possible (Biggles in the Amazon is great, refers to the consequences of candiru in a subtle way) and The Valley of Adventure. The furthest we actually got was cycling from dawn to dusk with our trusty wooden swords and fighting off brown trout, but still.

[thirdwarning]

in Africa “where it is warm”,
I think that covers it. I’m tempted myself.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

OK, but why not Florida?

It’s warm.

It has excitement.

And if they want danger, they can wander around Miami for a few hours, wearing t-shirts that read “German Tourist”. That’s dangerous.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

What’s a “lilo”?

[ivan_astikov]

It’s what kids do when they are on the lam.

[ShibbOleth]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

OK, but why not Florida?

It’s warm.

It has excitement.

And if they want danger, they can wander around Miami for a few hours, wearing t-shirts that read “German Tourist”. That’s dangerous.

Afrika is much, much closer to Germany than Florida is. I know this from hard experience. Plus they’ve probably just done a section in school on Africa, and they probably don’t study Florida until much later in 20th century politics.

[ShibbOleth]

@IvoryTowerDenizen

What’s a “lilo”?

Brit slang for an air mattess.