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Reminds me of this joke. Apologies for any hurt feelings.

"A perfect world is where the British are the police, the Germans are the engineers, and the French are the cooks. A worst-case world is where the British are the cooks, the Germans are the police, and the French are the engineers."

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There's also an extended version of that joke involving Italian car mechanics and Swiss lovers.

And yet another one involving the culture of Canada wherein Canada had the opportunity to have American engineering, British culture, and French cuisine. Instead, they opted for American culture, British cuisine, and French engineering.

This joke does not work in Belgium, as we consider French cuisine an inferior version of ours. (The story goes that the cooks of Louis XIV came from Namur).

It's not so much a joke as it is a reflection on the history and development of Canada.

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