Jack Dee on Unreliable German Cars
If the British are known for great food, then the Germans for their unreliable cars. Jack Dee, aka Jack Spleen on the show Lead Ballon, takes on the subject. I remember living in high school in the States when Jewish classmates would tell me that their parents would never buy a German car. You can't disagree with that one.
Then again if you're against child labor, sweat shops or the death penalty, you're left with cell phones from Finnland, who actually started their business on bicycle tires. Even Nike is learning about consumer awareness and is pressured to appear more responsible. Most of all, Germans have much to learn about self-irony, because we can't blame it on the weather, England has game on that one.
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"Most of all, Germans have much to learn about self-irony,..."
Why? I think we are pretty self-ironic, Helmut Kohl was our chancellor for 16 years after all.
Quiet honestly they aren't half as funny as they think they are and mostly warm up old jokes anyway. "My grandfather was a Nazi" jokes are as old as the BRD is young: "My grandfather died in the KZ. He fell from the watchtower!"
Volker; September 7, 2008 4:44 PM
I remember an ad for Becks in the US. A German comedian comes onto the stage. "I just flew in from Germany, my arms are pretty heavy." And the ad ends with: Becks, what Germans do best. We're just not known for our humor or self-irony, more likely for our pessimism, being smart asses and the cars.
Gerd; September 7, 2008 7:23 PM