fizz

acting with great excitement, activity, and energy, not necessarily thinking much about what you're doing beforehand

Like a shaken can of coke fizzing up and bubbling over with excitement.

the perfect simile, ceili.

Quick qusetion for you. Considering that you are talking about Germany and France, my heritage has always been somewhat questionable. My family resided in Alsace Lorraine that has changed borders with Germany and France. I consider myself 100 percent Alsation, but when asked what nationality, how should I answer. I was born in the states to an imigrant father, what am I?

According to the atlas, and the world court... Alsace is in France. So, I guess that would make your father from France. He may be of German ethnicity though. Does he speak German, French, Alsatian, all or none of the above.

Thanks Monty.

Thanks for the reply, but if you look closely at certian dates the borders have changed at different times. Unfortunately, my father was rounded up to be one part of the Hitler Youth at the age of 14. No Choice to him, the first chance that he could defect came 2 years later. He is now tenured at Cocncordia University and speaks 5 languages My point still stands, is is the time of birth that the nation rein's. or in my case, who owned the country when?