It was a sunny, fluffy-cloud afternoon on an idyllic beach in the Caribbean. Sam was chatting up a blonde, fashion-model type girl at a table adjoining a beach snack bar. Her name was Heidi and she was from Vienna.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I get to Vienna one of these days \u2013 which, by the way, might be very soon \u2013 I would really like to see you,\u201d said Sam, flashing a charming smile and taking a hefty swig from his beer bottle.<\/p>\n
\u201cYu are velkom to kom to mein haus eef you ken find it,\u201d laughed Heidi.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust give me the address and I\u2019ll be there for sure, no problem,\u201d said Sam confidently with a sweeping gesture of his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cEef yu say yu ken do dis, Sem. Eet ees a fery long street, de Kaiserstrasse, end I am on ze side dat start with ze haus nummer won,\u201d said Heidi with a mischievous glint in her eye, sipping some white wine.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo problem, I like long streets,\u201d countered Sam with a big grin, flexing his biceps. \u201cAnd what\u2019s the number?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI vil tell yu, Sem. De sum of ze numbers of ze hausen before mein haus nummer is equal to ze sum of ze nummers of ze hausen after mein haus nummer. Eef yu can vork zat aus, I vil be glad to see yu, Sem,\u201d said Heidi.<\/p>\n
Sam was taking notes on a napkin. \u201cRight\u2026 Very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEef yu join zese too haus nummers end prefix 699 yu vil haf my lokal fone nummer so yu ken kall me ven yu kom,\u201d added Heidi.<\/p>\n
\u201cHmm,\u201d said Sam. \u201cWhat do you do for a living, Heidi?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAi em ein mazematik prefessor at ze universitet. Maibee I see you suun, Sem. Haf to go now to zee my brother Arnold,\u201d said Heidi, downing her white wine.<\/p>\n
Heidi grabbed her bag and left, leaving Sam holding his beer bottle in a confused and puzzled state of mind.<\/p>\n
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