Young Britons think Germany is uncool

Reuters ^ | Fri, Jul 30, 2004

[Area Freeper]

GottradumptaNUFFERmul

I was gonna may that a keyword, but, alas, like most German words, it is over the 20-letter limit. How in God's name do these people ever play a decent game of hangman?

[elbucko]

..I prefer German beers any day. My favorite brand: Paulaner.

"Spit Ale" is OK, a novelty actually. I must confess that I am an unrepentant GUINNESS man. Lagers and Pilsners are way too light of taste for me. Therefore; "when you're out of Guinness, you're out of beer".

[Styria]

No, I don't think so, because we spoke far more German before the wars than after.

[Betis70]

>>the water bill is split between this entire apartment complex that takes up an entire block.

My apartment complex here in CA does the same thing. I pay more for water now (living on my own) than when I shared a house with 3 other guys. Same city, so the water rates are the same. It bites.

[Malesherbes]

How many of the Britons speak English? For example, try speaking English with a Glasgow taxi-driver.

[Area Freeper]

Whoops. Almost broke the rules here.

[Cloud William]

"Germany lacks the culture of celebrities that Britain has. The British are proud of their music and film stars, who promote the national image abroad, but Germany is associated with cars and beer, or at worst its Nazi past," Krischok said on Tuesday.

Germany has its share of problems, but I count the absence of "celebrity culture" as a big plus. Also, I see bit of envy in the "cars and beer" comment. After all, Germany is not associated with poor quality cars or beer; quite the opposite.

[ValerieUSA]

Only 22 percent of Britons surveyed spoke any German, but 97 percent of German participants knew English.

Losing wars sucks.

[muleskinner]

"SPITFIRE ALE, DOWNED ALL OVER ENGLAND, JUST LIKE THE LUFTWAFFE!

Been drinking Newcastle and hard to beat Sam Smith's Pale Ale, but I am now a fan of Spitfire Ale and will actively seek it out.

[MissAmericanPie]

In Nazi Germany, the citizens spied on each other, kids turned their parents in to die for diss'in Hitler. Are your rates so bad that you would spy on a neighbors activities and tell him or her that his visiting guest is bathing too often? That is the difference in mind set.

[TheBigB]

The only thing I don't like about the German language is that it's too darn wordy. For example, the phrase "Ha ha!" is translated as "Disternuttervedder ein blinkenschrangen" in German. ;)

[ValerieUSA]

One of my sons is stationed in Germany now. He describes the German men as annoyingly effeminate. They wear skin tight knit shirts with capri pants, carry shoulderbags, and giggle like schoolgirls over everything.

[Area Freeper]

I know we're going too fast for you, but please try & keep up.

[TheBigB]

Sorry, I'll start reading your posts. I usually just skip over 'em. :)P

[steve-b]

a language that sounds like an angry dog

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
--Emperor Charles V

[Area Freeper]

I heard it was Napolean, and it went "I speak French to my men, Spanish to my wife, Italian to my mistress, and German to my horse."

[pepsionice]

Germans are simply die-hard waste-not-want-not types. And when you live in a older apartment building with the water bill split...you are simply asking for trouble. Everyone adds up the water bill each year and gets all upset. I've lived here in Germany for 10 years, in a condo, with the split bill amongst 3 apartments. I simply pay my part, never questioning it...its about the same price you'd pay in the states anyway, but the other two residents are hyper about water. They had the exterior water facet turned permanently off, and they never water the yard in front of the building, so its dead grass from July on.

[Area Freeper]

(Where -was- the bathroom on the Starship Enterprise?)

Couldn't they just use a transporter to take care of Captian's Log?

[Stentor]

When I think of germany, I think of coprophillia

LOL.