# A Little Germanic Humor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280 "2006-07-20T03:07:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280/1 "2006-07-20T03:07:43Z")

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[This](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3934788900154749704) is funny. I don’t care what your politics are–it is just funny

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280/2 "2006-07-20T03:11:53Z")

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Heh. ‘Kopfpit’.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280/3 "2006-07-21T22:32:40Z")

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That was so brilliant.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280/4 "2006-07-21T22:36:52Z")

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This explains why Bush felt up Chancellor Merkel- apparently, the Bush-pilot was having unclean thoughts about his country’s leader.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-germanic-humor/365280/5 "2006-07-22T01:37:21Z")

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And they say Germans have no sense of humor. Wrong, they just appreciate the setup more than the punchline.

I was surprised they didn’t try to work in [_der Pretzeluntergang_](http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/bush.fainting/).