Lonan3 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 LINK TO INDEPENDENT ARTICLE They drink beer with abandon, indulge in toe-curling displays of ostentatious wealth and hold the trashiest of women to be the epitome of glamour. That devastating assassination of a nation's character may sound familiar but, for once, it is not the all-too-predictable British verdict on the Germans. Rather, it is the hardly flattering portrait of 21st century Blighty penned by a leading member of the Berlin intelligentsia. Mr Hüetlin goes to some lengths to explain "why the English cannot stand the Germans - even 62 years after the end of the war." "The Huns, that's us Germans," Mr Hüetlin declares. "Dislike of us is a folkloric pleasure that belongs to the island, like driving on the left and the notion that Victoria Beckham is a woman with class." The dreadful habits of the British include: "The drinking of very much beer in a very short time, going for a walk without socks in winter, the delusion that 42 years after its last win, the national soccer team belongs to a world elite - and, of course, the fact that the Hun is still enemy No 1 - even in the age of Osama bin Laden." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3v0 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I vould like to apologise for the conduct of my country during ze war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 the delusion that 42 years after its last win, the national soccer team belongs to a world elite Truth hurts, doesn't it?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 They think its all over, well it is now. Oh Happy Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Dear me, what a load of old rubbish. Don't the Boche know that not even the thickest of English chavettes would ever think Victoria Beckham had "class"? They're just giving themselves airs and graces, thinking we still view the Hun as the enemy. Don't they know the cheese-eating surrender monkeys have always been the ones for us to work over whenever the opportunity arose? I bet the only reason he wrote the piece was because he was just obeying orders.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not even the thickest of English chavettes would ever think Victoria Beckham had "class". Would that it were true. Unfortunately I found the description pretty accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integer Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Who cares, we won the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jampton Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 " but we killed more!" to quote my Bavarian friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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