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20. No, no, no, absolutely not true. All our immediate neighbors (dutch, etc.) speak way better English.

26. Depends, and varies extremely between the different regions in Germany.

49. Correction: Germans absorb alcohol. Only nation that will win against them in a drinking contest: Russia

65. Absolutely true. Before they had scanners, they would hammer in the codes of each article, like they were high, and they were at least 20% faster. Now that was an experience!

81. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA! It's true.

95. There is even a joke about that: If you see someone in the US with a Jack Wolfskin jacket, he IS German.

20. Confused me as well. My wife's grandmother was from Germany and she still has a lot of family there. They've come here to visits and we've been over a few times. Many of them (especially those over 60) speak no English at all, and only a couple of the younger ones speak anything that resembles decent English. I also found that outside of the major cities there is no guarantee that the people working in shops, restaurants or hotels speak English.

Just when you want to read up on stereotypes, the database goes down :/

Some things really made me laugh:

>Germans struggle enormously with the concept of ‘naked feet’. It is better feet be clothed at all times.

>Germans, largely, are always exceptionally well groomed.

Obviously this guy has never been in Berlin, but only in well-to-do parts of Bavaria.

She lived in "Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria and Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein"

"someone passing by the rubbish bin will very quickly pull the bottle out and take it to the recycling automat themselves"

I wonder what if this happens during Quiet Time, when you are not allowed to recycle. Seems like an evil way to hang a German's internal rule-processing engine :-)

Grocery stores (which contain the recycling automats) are not open on Sundays.

Collecting bottles for recycling is a symptom of poverty. Nothing we should be proud of.

I think the point 15 is wrong - raw BEEF mince is often eaten, usually with raw egg, onions, pickles, pepper and salt - it's called the Tatar(and is absolutely delicious). I've never heard of anyone eating pork mince raw.

He is referring to "Mettbrötchen". Fucking delicious.

You're right, I've never heard of it. I would love to try though!

Agreed, eating raw pork can cause trichinosis.

That's why the meat is constantly inspected.

Not just the meat that gets regularly inspected. Hence the "poo shelf" on many German toilets.

"As a general bread rule, Germans seem to enjoy a darker or seeded bread."

Yes! One of big arguments against moving somewhere else. It is nearly impossible to get good bread nearly everywhere else in the world.

come to switzerland ;)

I recently moved to the UK and this is so true. The lack of dairy product variety and good dark bread is actually one of the most noticeable changes for me in my daily life.

"66. Germans seem to really enjoy watching (dubbed) How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory."

haha, that's true. These TV series run in an infinite loop. And of course everything in TV is dubbed ;)

Yes. Germany is really fond of dubbing. We also like our Bruce Willis voice Manfred Lehmann much more. More "manly".

not referring to Germans only here but I find it completely wrong to dub tv and movies. some friend from germany they told me that they dub cinema movies as well. English is not my first language and still i enjoy movies in their original voices even if I have to read subtitles to get by - I watched a lot of French, Spanish and even Korean movies with subs.

two comments from a German: 1) Most of this applies to Bavaria, not to the rest of Germany. The US isn't just Texas, you know ;) 2) All - I repeat - ALL generalizations are wrong :-)

The article says "Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria and Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein".

Berlin and East-Germany in general is not well represented.

After reading the comments, it seems that we germans shouldn't be known as "krauts", but rather as "bratwursts". Indeed, there is always time for one... :D

Good point. AFter all, our most popular meal in Germany is the "Currywurst". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst

"No matter where you go you will find a clean public toilet."

Hm, I would disagree with that, but maybe it is just my german always-critical attitude?

93 is because of 81

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