Just caught this gem over in alt.humor.best-of-usenet. I remember we
had a discussion about the different forms of posting recently.
Hope you enjoy it, I got a good laugh out of it.
Cheers,
Uwe
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Jokes about German humour and newsgroup manners
Uwe Schurkamp shared a humorous post from alt.humor.best-of-usenet about posting styles, which led to jokes about German humour and national stereotypes. Joachim Trensz described unfriendly replies on German Linux newsgroups, and the thread ended with Fawlty Towers references.
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:16:05 +0200, Uwe Sch�rkamp
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>Just caught this gem over in alt.humor.best-of-usenet. I remember we
>had a discussion about the different forms of posting recently.
>
>Hope you enjoy it, I got a good laugh out of it.
I think you had to be there,
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"Andrew" wrote:
Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour thread for a while...
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> On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:16:05 +0200, Uwe Sch�rkamp > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Just caught this gem over in alt.humor.best-of-usenet. I remember we > >had a discussion about the different forms of posting recently. > > > >Hope you enjoy it, I got a good laugh out of it. > > I think you had to be there,"Tony Rickard" wrote...
> > <snip>
> Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour
> thread for a while...
Now that *is* funny... lol!!
Jan.
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Isn't German humor an oxymoron? ;-)
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> > <snip> > Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour > thread for a while... >Now that *is* funny... lol!! >Jan."ZZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:it8wc.83762$Ol3.25005
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> Isn't German humor an oxymoron? ;-)
Germans have blonde cows?
dave henrie
ZZ wrote:
You mean, as in:
all Brits have bad teeth and all Yanks are fat? ;)
Sorry, couldn't think of a generalization for Belgians.
Oh wait, they all have little girls in the basement?
l8er
ronny
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> "Tony Rickard" wrote... > >>><snip> >> >>Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour >>thread for a while... > > >>Now that *is* funny... lol!! > > >>Jan. > > =--- > -------------------------- > Isn't German humor an oxymoron? ;-) >Tony Rickard wrote:
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> Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour thread for a while...
That was exactly my first thought. You have to be German to appreciate
that sort of humour <g>
Anyone wishing to see what Uwe refers to with his posting should go to
one of the German Linux Newsgroups and post a question, preferrably one
whose answer he could find elsewhere fairly easily - for me it was an
eye opening experience :)
Achim
Pot smokin "Johns" ;)
Mitch
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> Sorry, couldn't think of a generalization for Belgians.
> Oh wait, they all have little girls in the basement?
>
> l8er
> ronny
On the flip side Achim, wouldn't it be easier to share the knowledge already
obtained than make someone start from scratch?
Mitch
"Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Tony Rickard wrote:
> ...
> > Well I guess we haven't had a German sense of humour thread for awhile...
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> > That was exactly my first thought. You have to be German to appreciate > that sort of humour <g> > > Anyone wishing to see what Uwe refers to with his posting should go to > one of the German Linux Newsgroups and post a question, preferrably one > whose answer he could find elsewhere fairly easily - for me it was an > eye opening experience :) > > AchimMitch_A wrote:
> On the flip side Achim, wouldn't it be easier to share the knowledge already
> obtained than make someone start from scratch?
>
> Mitch
I said one whose answer could easily be found elsewhere. Not an answer
you already know ;)
I posted to these newsgroups to obtain help but also to provide help,
and was apalled by some of the replies you get there.
Once I helped a guy who wanted to know which OS starts fastest (I think
it was WinME, Win2k or Linux) and someone else reproached me for telling
the guy what he had wanted to know, saying that the question was the
wrong question and should not have been answered <g>
Achim
"Joachim Trensz" wrote:
> Once I helped a guy who wanted to know which OS starts fastest (I think
> it was WinME, Win2k or Linux) and someone else reproached me for telling
> the guy what he had wanted to know, saying that the question was the
> wrong question and should not have been answered <g>
(apologies in advance...)
Ve vill ask ze questions!
Tony Rickard wrote:
> (apologies in advance...)
What for? :)
Achim
"Mitch_A" wrote...
> Pot smokin "Johns" ;)
You're thinking about the Dutch...
Jan ;-))
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:05:22 GMT, Tony Rickard wrote:
> Ve vill ask ze questions!
Woah, quite a thread starter there. For god's sake, don't mention the
war! ;-)
uwe
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Just to make sure everybody heard of it, two posts from RAS made it to
alt.humor.best-of-usenet a couple of days ago ;-)
uwe
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"Uwe Sch�rkamp" wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:05:22 GMT, Tony Rickard wrote:
> > Ve vill ask ze questions!
>
> Woah, quite a thread starter there. For god's sake, don't mention the
> war! ;-)
>
Ssssh! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it...
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:50:48 GMT, Tony Rickard wrote:
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> Ssssh! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it...
Hey Tony,
you mean you did not end up marching up and down the dining room in
front of strangers? ;-)
cheers,
uwe
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"Uwe Sch�rkamp" wrote:
> > Ssssh! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it...
>
> Hey Tony,
>
> you mean you did not end up marching up and down the dining room in
> front of strangers? ;-)
Well you started it... :)
