Former prime-minister Gerbrandy had a meeting with Churchill in London. Gerbrandy enters the room and shakes the hand of Churchill, saying: "Goodbye!" Churchill responded: "This is the shortest meeting I have ever had."
Gerbrandy had looked up the English translation of goedendag, which in Dutch can be both used as a greeting and a valediction.
Quintessential English humour.
ReplyDeleteFormer prime-minister Gerbrandy had a meeting with Churchill in London. Gerbrandy enters the room and shakes the hand of Churchill, saying: "Goodbye!" Churchill responded: "This is the shortest meeting I have ever had."
Gerbrandy had looked up the English translation of goedendag, which in Dutch can be both used as a greeting and a valediction.
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A Dutch man sees a man on his knees using his hand to drink water from one of Amsterdam’s canal.
ReplyDeleteHe walks up to him and says in Dutch “Hey – you can’t drink that water, it’s dirty and will make you sick”.
The tourist shouts back in German: “Was sagen Sie?“ (What are you saying?)
The Dutch man responds in German: “Sie sollen mit zwei haende trinken, das geht besser!” (Use both hands, it’s much better!”)
http://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2011/12/12/jokes-about-germans/