Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) Off like Germans ;-) .. :-D

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I'm still laughing about your Frenching / Fluffing comment. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

I´ll do my very best ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Some Germans really are funny... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />

Yes, some horny guys on the hunt for vampy-chicks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Let me put it like my brother: The Germans ARE insane <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />!

Übereil

Yes, they are, Übereil.

Fortunately I'm not German but Swiss... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

In Europe the Germans have traditionally the reputation of being not funny at all.
They have the reputation of stiff, bureaucratic people. Always organising. But, also making good quality products.

I had a list once about all countries in the EC. (Dunno what I did with it.) About those misbelieves.
Germans aren't humourus.
British can't cook.
Belgians are never available at work.
Luxembourg is unknown to the world.
Italians can't drive.
... and so on.
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And guys with big hands and feet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Actually Tsel,

That's a big misunderstanding.
Would you believe the men from Finland have the biggest? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
There was some "research" on that too.
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Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

@ fenwulf: <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

@ Seth: Swedes can't talk about their feelings. And they drink WAY too much <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />. And if you want a good stereotype on Germans, take the guy they replace Homer with in the Halloween number ?, where Homer is kidnapped and send to a secret island. They replace him with a guy from Germany <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

Oh my, what topics you are discussing !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

@Alrik
boys will be boys
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@Ube
I don't remember what it said about Sweden. I think it was something about the blond women.
But they are famous. Just ask any American about Scandinavian girls. They're very stereotype too.
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And when it comes to drinking. The Irish are most famous. Followed by the Belgians and Germans.
In Scandinavia you have laws on that.

Most American men don't even care
as long as enough alcohol is involved. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Actually, in Scandinavia the problem don't come with the laws but with the price. No law ever prevented anybody from drug-abuse... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />

So everytime a Scandinavian gets to another Country, where alcohol is cheaper than home, he has to catch up in terms of drinking... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Agreed.
The price.
But also the age.
I think it's 21 (or was it 18)... almost sure it's 21...
You have to be 21 (or 18? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />) to buy alcoholic drinks. And there's a registration.

It's not only on alcohol. And it's no bad thing. Scandinavia are the most healthy countries in the world when it comes to cancer, tabacco or alcohol related sickness/diseases, ...

What does this has to do with alcohol?!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

You have to be 18 to buy beer, and 21 to buy "heavier" stuff (still alcohol, we have no age restrictions when it comes to drugs (and we're not talking aspirin <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />) in general. They're all illegal, to buy, sell, to have in your blood, to possess to anything, more or less).

When it comes to prices, Sweden has a clear strategy, used thourgh the system company (freely translated), which is the only company in Sweden legalized to deal with heavier liquor. The averange supermarket can sell booze, as long as it's under 3,5 volume %. Otherwise it's sold by the state (to outrageous prizes, that's why it's popular to go to Germany to buy booze <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />).

And come on! We're famous too (espesially those Finnish dudes, they've got nothing to do than drink all day <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />)!

Übereil

Well - on German humor there is that:

Top 10 reasons for being German:
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Ok - a second chance:

1. Oktoberfest
2. Oktoberfest-Beer
3. BMW
4. Audi
5. VW
6. Mercedes
7. On a highway you can travel at a speed that would bring you into jail in any other country in the world
8. You think Sauerkraut is delicious
9. You do not have to learn German as a foreign language
10. Contrary to common belief laughing is not forbidden (yet)

@ Glance: <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I remember from my old germanbook, the ten best ways to annoy a German, but I can't remember the ways <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />. The ten best ways to annoy a Swede was great though <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />. (If you're on a beach, scream hello and wave at your friend placed on the other side of the beach, then say he's comeing over...)

Übereil