Autobahn? Try auto gone.
Two English soccer fans couldn’t locate their rental car after a World Cup game in Cologne, ananova.com reported, even though they’d alertly copied down the street name where they’d parked — “Einbahn Strasse” — to avoid just such a problem. They learned the folly of their ways when they asked a policeman, who pointed out that “Einbahn Strasse” is German for “one-way street” and that every other street in inner-city Cologne boasts such a sign.
They finally found the car, with the help of police, a few hours later.