# European stereotypes of other European nationalities

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-stereotypes-of-other-european-nationalities/121147 "2002-07-27T19:56:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-stereotypes-of-other-european-nationalities/121147/1 "2002-07-27T19:56:32Z")

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I’m reading the reviews of _Goldmember_ and they all say the title character is a Dutch guy, and there are a lot of anti-Dutch jokes and most reviewers don’t seem to get them. I’ll probably see this movie eventually and I want to know what European stereotypes of the Dutch are. Furthermore, what about the English, French, Spaniards, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Swiss, and pretty much any other country on that side of the pond. Just like how we Americans have the crass Northerner, inbred Southerner, naive Midwesterner and lazy West Coaster, what are your common stereotypes?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-stereotypes-of-other-european-nationalities/121147/2 "2002-07-27T20:07:47Z")

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Heaven is a place where:  
The lovers are Italian  
The cooks are French  
The mechanics are German  
The police are English  
The government is run by the Swiss

Hell is a place where:  
The lovers are Swiss  
The cooks are English  
The mechanics are French  
The police are German  
The government is run by the Italians

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**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-stereotypes-of-other-european-nationalities/121147/3 "2002-07-27T21:56:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Big Kahuna Burger \*  
> \*\* . . . I want to know what European stereotypes of the Dutch . . . English, French, Spaniards, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Swiss, and pretty much any other country on that side of the pond [are]. \*\*

Well! How _euro_centric of you!

Here’s a similar styled joke about us Latin Americans:

The 16 Latin-American Miracles:

1. A humble Argentinean
2. A black Chilean
3. A white Dominican
4. An aggressive Costa Rican
5. A happy Bolivian
6. A well-mannered Peruvian
7. A Salvadoran pacifist
8. An inoffensive Panamanian
9. An intelligent Puerto Rican
10. An intellectual Honduran
11. An honest Colombian
12. A sincere Mexican
13. A speedy Nicaraguan
14. A disciplined Venezuelan
15. A workaholic Brazilian
16. A mute Cuban

😃