I remember a phrase (it came to my mind right now) from my grandmother and I want to dedicate it to the many German members.
(Sorry, I do not speak German, I only know a few sentences!)
When I went downstairs to have coffee time in the corner shop (in Dortmund, Nordrhein Westfalen), and stayed there past after 24 O'clock,
the waiter said: Feueramt (typo), Polizeistunde!!
@MaFu,
That was more than 35 years ago and my German is not perfect.. I just draw the sounds..
Not child though, but very long time ago.. in Frankfurt am Main (then West Germany), I was returning from a party alone in early morning.. two guys were walking just in front of me both (Blau).. they turned into another street, but one of them turned to me and said: Aber du immer geradeaus