We are sinking! There was a German refugee working for the British during WWII. His role was to man support for the navy. One morning he got a signal: ""Emergency! We are sinking! We are sinking!"" He thought about this puzzling question for a moment. Then he replied in the best way he could with his limited knowledge of English, in a strong German accent: ""What are you thinking about?"" This was stolen from a language-learning ad I can't remember. Just happened to pop up in my head.