Comments on: This Week in Germany VII

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:06:07 +0000

Much like West Prussia!

drum roll

By: Chirol

Chirol — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:23:13 +0000

Yes, I included that mostly for humor’s sake. Germans are touchy about this stuff in public but on the street it’s different. My favorite saying is “Heute gestohlen, morgen in Polen” which means

Stolen today, tomorrow in Poland.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:05:26 +0000

Germany’s high court Friday ruled that it is libellous to call a public figure a “Gypsy Jew”Ã�? in print, saying the term is offensive to both Jews and Gypsies

lol, I wonder to whom more! :)

Hmmm… a lack of ethnic jokes in Germany would make life boring.

“After his hapless tumble down the stairs, I found the Finance Minister is nothing but a bounced Czech!”

Of course, the Germans have rather unpleasant ways of making things interesting…