h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Speaking of tasks, a few hours after posting I thought about shampooing and rinsing a

A thought struck me today:

I'm half Danish so of course I share the famous British humour. After all it is one of the many good things us Vikings brought to the British islands

I'm also half German and contrary to common belief we have humour too. Lots!

We just don't share it

that denglish quiz I posted elsewhere is hilarious, as is the "How German are you" one it links to

"I'm also half German and contrary to common belief we have humour too. Lots!"

I think the trouble is that unless your grasp of that language is good enough to stop contantly feeling like hard work, you don't notice the puns and other word play. Political jokes, satire, and ones about celebrities generally soar right over the heads of outsiders, as they just don't notice the subtle references and national running gags.

Hence the widespread British belief that German comedy (and French, for that matter) begins and ends with slapstick or lavatorial humour.

Very well put, Herenna

I'm sure the Brits, Danes, French and most others would warm very much up to German political humour in particular if it were translated. The "Der Flüsterwitz im Dritten Reich" ("The Whispered Jokes of The Third Reich") is a good place to start.

I will give you an example later, but have to right now...

I'm back with a classic:

Hitler and Göring are taking Adolf's new Mercedes out for a spin one fine summer day when the Führer accidentally runs the limo over a pig, which instantly dies

"Oops, this is not good for my reputation", says Hitler
" says Göring", "I'll sort it out "

So the big man enters the farmhouse and returns a few minutes later with a huge pork roast under one arm, a goose under the other, pockets filled with butter and , a long string of sausages wrapped around his neck and a on his huge face.

"How did you manage that", the flabbergasted Führer asks
To which Göring replies:
"Oh, I just walked into the kitchen and said "Heil Hitler, the swine is dead"

Quite by accident I just stumbled upon this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CldlRZ9Xew

uncanny coincidence, innit

Ja?

(Can't view it in US, but can't speak German either so no big deal.)

It's an episode of Stephen Fry's quiz show QI ( = Quite Interesting) from BBC Entertanment - and this episode's theme is Germany. And it is in fact QE ( = Quite Entertaining)

I'm subscribed to another UToob channel with QI that I can view in my country so I'll try to remember to catch this episode next time I get a chance to watch it. Maybe Sunday afternoon while I do laundry.

re 29:

While watching it I found another quite uncanny (QU) coincidence. At 28:44 (I think it was) Fry explains Godwins Law, which I just discussed somewhere on Facebook

What I learned is you should just point to Hitler or the Nazis in order to stop any conversation

So I guess this conversation is over now

Yep, that effectively put an end to this thread

But it's December now so the show is over anyway

Thank you for watching

I stopped by a mycrowbrewery, but I only ended up with a drunken crow

To my surprise I saw a lot of in a crowbar. Turns out the landlord didn't want to discriminate. Plus he was very fond of birds

He must have been. I saw a pair of cockatwos.

That made me 'owl with ter

Did they serve food? You must have been ravenous.

Yeah, sadly I only managed to sample a few bites from the bird feeder