[technothrasher]

Here's a cultural question I've been wondering since I visited Amsterdam as an American- I was walking along an up hill street in the evening, and I saw a young lady talking to her friends and smoking, with a baby in a stroller. The stroller started to roll down the hill slightly and she didn't seem to notice. It then picked up a little speed, so I moved to intercept it, and rolled it back up to her. When I delivered her child back to her she just looked at me with a slightly blank look, then gave a very quick barking laugh, and turned back to her friends. We didn't exchange any words. I moved on and went about my business, but to this day I have absolutely zero idea what her reaction meant <shrug>.

[dr_dshiv]

Hill? In Amsterdam? Suspicious detail!

[DonHopkins]

Amsterdam is a city of many mountains: the bridges over the canals.

[holoduke]

A bit ashamed probably, but definitely not the reaction you would expect from a Dutch person who almost lost her pram. A normal reaction would include a 'thank you' and maybe a joke to justify the act.

[mpol]

We live in a bizarro world.

Not sure if that was what she meant, I wasnt there. But if I responded that way, this would be the meaning.

[yread]

> Amsterdam

> up hill street

?

Do you mean a highway ramp or a bridge?

[alejo]

Maybe that’s a cultural difference as well (?)

I’m a non-american living in Austin, TX and what folks call hills here is different from what we call hills back home…

[technothrasher]

Lol, I know, I think I found the only hill in Amsterdam. Perhaps 'incline' would be a better description? Maximum elevation is Amsterdamn is 18m and minimum is -8m (according to the website I just looked at) so there has to be some inclines about and I clearly hit one.