BARRY COURTER: You know, Lisa, that one of my favorite pretend-you’re-from-another-country-for-a-day celebrations is coming up this weekend. Chattanooga Market is again hosting its Oktoberfest event and, once again, it will be a two-day affair, Saturday and Sunday, at First Tennessee Pavilion.
The only thing better than a brat and a beer is getting to say the word “lederhosen” all day long.
LISA DENTON: Volkswagen’s arrival has certainly ramped up this celebration. I’m not saying you couldn’t hear German spoken here previously, but now it’s being spoken by actual Germans. And “willkommen” to all y’all.
It is fun to say “lederhosen,” but I’m thinking it would be more fun to see you walking around in a pair.
BARRY: I had a pair, but they had a checkerboard pattern, and everyone mistook me for the Big Boy of Shoney’s fame.