Love it! I worked with a "frau" who thumbed her nose at Austrians as being "der Ret-necks of Europe", and then claimed that the Bavarians were at the peak of elegance....I may have to cut-and-paste this stuff to good old Gertrude......
We had a nice conversation (in German) about Bavaria, which I adore . . . but I had to kid him just a little bit and reminded him that one of the slang terms for Bavarians is "ein kleines diebisches Bergvolk" -- a small thieving mountain tribe. Try THAT one on your Bavarian friend!