Originally Posted By: quick_joey_small
I spy a feeble excuse for some gratuitous humour.

http://www.michellehenry.fr/European.jpg

based on personal experience I'd say the cliche of the british, irish (that's me), finns, belgiums and danes is correct.
Dunno where the 'a german joke is no laughing matter' idea came from. They are a fun bunch.

The image of a nation can change over time. Prior to WWI, we French were known for being hellbent for leather.

Jeanette Isabelle
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I'm not sure whose twisted idea it was to put hundreds of adolescents in underfunded schools run by people whose dreams were crushed years ago, but I admire the sadism. -- Wednesday Adams, Wednesday