The Germans - 101 Reasons Why They Are Not All Bad

[Stoo82]

Not the best example though. He renounced his German citizenship

and Turned down the Presidency of Isreal. He also said:

"The [Jewish] State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-minded and economic obstacles. I believe it is bad. I have always been against it."

 

[SUIYHP]

Not the best example though. He renounced his German citizenship

I guess so, but that was the doing of an Austrian.

 

[John Bumlick]

 

[hans kraay fan club]

CLAUDIA

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Boris Becker on the BBC's Wimbledon coverage. One of the few watchable presenters (alongside McEnroe).

 

[Stoo82]

 

[Dave the OAP]

CLAUDIA

God yes!!!

 

[public school boy]

Our Royal Family, Rocket technolagy, The Cruse missile, Jet aircraft, Smart bombs, Nina Hagen, The Scorpians and Klaus Nomi.

 

[Brovion]

Reading this thread I think I want them to win now!

 

[brakespear]

Henning Wehn, Flammkuchen, great beer, great wurst and great-looking ladies

 

[SeagullTim]

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

I thought the Nazi salute was banned?

 

[Austrian Gull]

This is certainly better thread than some of the others I've read today where people who are young enough to be my son are expressing their hatred of Germany.

Anyway, back to the reasons to love Germany:

Propaganda - Duel & Doctor Mabuse
Spezi
Kraftwerk
Great cities like Berlin and Hamburg
They have a grudging respect for us Brits in spite of some of our appalling attitudes towards them
A football league which hasn't lost its soul
Boris Becker
Steffi Graf's legs
Bernd Schuster

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Vorsprung durch technik.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

They have a grudging respect for us Brits in spite of some of our appalling attitudes towards them

Hmmm. I like a love-in but sometimes the attitudes are with good reason.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Hmmm. I like a love-in but sometimes the attitudes are with good reason.

I don't think anyone under the age of 40 has a good reason to demonise the Germans.

The 2 World Cups and 1 World War brigade are really tedious to me.

But this is a debate for another place,

Let's celebrate more Teutonic treasures:

Weissbier
Sauerkraut with mountains of pork
Günther Netzer
Bernhard Langer

 

[cyanide-sid]

Max von Sidow is the greatest ever German..................

and he is Swedish.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Dirk Lehman...

 

[Jesus Gul]

but all of the above cannot make up for SCOOTERTECHNO.COM - Home

 

[Gwylan]

I don't think anyone under the age of 40 has a good reason to demonise the Germans.

The 2 World Cups and 1 World War brigade are really tedious to me.

But this is a debate for another place,

Let's celebrate more Teutonic treasures:

Weissbier
Sauerkraut with mountains of pork
Günther Netzer
Bernhard Langer

I remember when I was a TEFL teacher of a bunch of Germans - several of them complained about being spat at, and in one case, kicked when about in town. They were a great bunch of kids too - very polite and careful to queue up. How on earth can that sort of behaviour be justified?

And to add to the list...

Das Boot
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Das Leben der Anderen

and...

Can
Neu
Georg Buechner
Richard Strauss
and in anticipation of Sunday, Die Angst des Tormanns eim Elfmeter - the Fear of the goalkeeper of the penalty kick