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During a conversation, if someone unexpectedly changes the subject of a conversation, we have the following idiom in French: "Qu'est ce que cela a avoir avec la choucroute?..." which means word by word: "what does it have to do with the sauerkraut?..." Do you have something similar in English?
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G'day bieasy,
What does that have to do with the price of fish in Denmark?

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Shakespeare rules!

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G'day bieasy,
What does that have to do with the price of fish in Denmark?

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Shakespeare rules!
Funny! Thank you!
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G'day Bieasy,
I am very happy that you liked my joke. I am even more pleased that the joke had the desired effect and you obtained an answer.
It has been a pleasure.

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G'day Bieasy,
I am very happy that you liked my joke. I am even more pleased that the joke had the desired effect and you obtained an answer.
It has been a pleasure.

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Have I hurt you?? If yes,sorry! That wasn't my intention. I just found it more interesting than "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China"
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"It has been a pleasure" certainly doesn't indicate hurt feelings.

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Hi,

During a conversation, if someone unexpectedly changes the subject of a conversation, we have the following idiom in French: "Qu'est ce que cela a avoir avec la choucroute?..." which means word by word: "what does it have to do with the sauerkraut?..." Do you have something similar in English?
this is what I usually say:

non sequitur definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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