You fvill laugh and you fvill like it!"
Posted on 06/24/2005 3:06:07 PM PDT by QwertyKPH
24jun05
GERMANY has opened its first laughter school in Berlin to teach serious Germans to lighten up.
Standing around in small groups, Germans are seen slapping themselves on the forehead with their mouths open and practising different laughter. Laughter teacher Susanne Maier said: "I am hoping to see laughter schools opening up everywhere.
"Germany will become a land of laughter -- and Berlin the laughter capital of Europe."
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But... that was banned by international law!
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As my old Yiddische grandma would have asked: "Und from dis dey make a livink?"
You fvill laugh and you fvill like it!"
...peanut.
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Teutonic torment
In every German there is a touch of the wild-haired Beethoven striding through forests and weeping over a mountain sunset, grappling against impossible odds to express the inexpressible. This is the Great German Soul, prominent display of which is essential whenever Art, Feeling and Truth are under discussion.
Angst breeds angst
For a German, doubt and anxiety expand and ramify the more you ponder them. They are astonished that things haven't gone to pot already, and are pretty certain that they soon will.
Longer must be better
Most Germans apply the rule that more equals better. If a passing quip makes you smile, then surely by making it longer the pleasure will be drawn out and increased. As a rule, if you are cornered by someone keen to give you a laugh, you must expect to miss lunch and most of that afternoon's appointments.
Angst breeds angst
Because life is ernsthaft, the Germans go by the rules. Schiller wrote, 'obedience is the first duty', and no German has ever doubted it. This fits with their sense of order and duty. Germans hate breaking rules, which can make life difficult because, as a rule, everything not expressly permitted is prohibited.
I'm familiar with the Xenophobe's guides, LOL. An ex-girlfriend of mine was Swiss and bought me the Swiss book. Their love of chocolate, gold, and teethpicking after meals was accurately depicted in the book. Have to pick up the German one now, thanks....:)
I've got the one for the Americans, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Scots, English, Welsh and French. The one about the French is the harshest, LOL! I love maps at the beginning, that show that country's view of the world, especially the one for the English. England is clearly labeled, with its "North" and "South", Scotland and Ireland aren't even on the map, and mainland Europe's coastlines are labeled "Foreigners".
But the German one is the funniest, I think.
This whole thread is a hoot!
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Would the name of this humor school be "The Laughing Acadamy"?
How sad is it that you have TEACH someone to laugh.
I thought that their government was already a laughingstock...
This reminds me of a character my Renfest buddy Nina wants to play: the German fairy.
Her wings will be pretzels, instead of glitter she'll throw rock salt, and she'll order patrons, "Watch me flap my wings. Watch me! Macht schnell!"
When you tell a joke to an Englishman, he laughs three times, once when you tell it to him, once when you explain it to him and once when he gets it.
When you tell a joke to a German he laughs twice, once when you tell it to him, once when you explain it to him. He doesn't get it.
When you tell a joke to an American, he doesn't laugh. He's heard it.
I see, you must be American.
"You VILL laff NOW!"
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