Why - you might ask - Germans uff all people?
In a nutshell: because I live here. I keep meaning to write a book
about
the Germans and all their cute little quirks. However, I have the
sneaking suspicions that that's a lot of work, no-one would publish it
and even if they did no-one else would actually read it. Hence the
website option where I can fool myself in to thinking that the
occasional deranged surfer might actually come across it. Who knows? I
may even help some poor soul coming to terms with Germans for the first
time.
Important things that you must know about Germans:
- they are loud and direct rather than aggressive. They think
putting things politely is just fucking around and not getting to the
point.
- they can't queue (it's genetic - they just can't help it)
- they're always right (be prepared for lot's of conversations
along the line of " I see what you mean, but actually...")
- their favourite word is "eigentlich" (actually) - strange but true
- they're stand-offish but will give you the shirt off their backs
if you're stuck
- since the World Cup in 2006 they are gradually coming to terms
with the fact that everyone doesn't hate them - so let's all give them
a little hand
- ...I think I'm going to start structuring this in to chapters or
it's going to get very confusing.