Signs you might be a Haukenfrers
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  • You know that the farm is in Athabasca, and the Lake is in Alberta Beach.
  • You can do math easily, but you don't know how to spell "tha", "thau"?, "the"?
  • You have a desire be be right all the time.  In fact, you are right all the time. Even when others try to correct you (because they are a Haukenfrers as well), you know you're right.
  • You can't name all your cousins without help - and then you still forget one.
  • When they start talking about "Erika", "Joanne" or "Helga", you have to ask which one.
  • Bienenstich never lasts more than 5 minutes in your house.  And you know that it is a toss up between Tante Erika and Onkel Hans who bakes the best one.  
  • It's not an official family gathering until Bienenstich has been served.
  • You know the secret, ok, not so secret family greeting - "Moin"
  • You can show up at a relative's house, unexpected, and be fed well.
  • You're favourite vegetable is any form of Cabbage  (Sauerkraut, Red Cabbage, Kale etc.)
  • You like to eat "Pinkel", a sausage consisting mainly of fat and grits.
  • Any location of a family gathering starts looking like a "R.V. Park".
  • You check this web site at least once a month.
  • Your email address ends with "@haukenfrers.net"
  • You don't pay for computer support, you just call Ron.
Contributed by Rosie Haukenfrers
Last Modified: January 11, 2002