The Germans

fishy fishy · 04-05-2012 2:55pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

People seem to have a very negative view of the Germans.
I've often heard Irish people call them boring. But anyone who's lived there will tell you this is far from the truth.
They tend to be quite good at their jobs and take it seriously, but as soon as they're finished work they become very active. They'll be doing activities right through the week after work. Not just lounging around the house watching TV.
Also, the women seem to be able to have plenty of one night stands and not get called whores, which is a delight, perhaps.
They also have great diets.
Even their beer has very strict brewing laws. You won't find the mad chemicals you find in most beers in any German beer.
Anyway, I just think they're a great bunch of lads (and lassies).
What are boardies experiences and opinions of ze Germans?

is that you Angela??
we're not falling for it bi*ch!!

dfx- · 04-05-2012 2:55pm

Beefy78 wrote: »

It is weird how quiet it suddenly gets when the sun goes down. We've never found it too difficult to find a busy bar or bier hall though.

Munich is a fabulous city, except that EVERYTHING is closed on Sunday by law except the Hauptbahnhof and a couple of others. Lived up in Garching heading to the university there in 2010. And except sauerkraut...horrible stuff, great meat based diet otherwise. Very few Turkish compared to Frankfurt or northern cities I've been in.

I'd go back in a shot. Anyone I met had absolutely no idea about Ireland at all and the standard of English taught in their schools (Gymnasium? Hauptschule? Hochschule? Whoknowsschule?) is excellent.

aoraki · 04-05-2012 3:14pm

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Great selection of top notch beers(over 600 breweries in germany)And their wine is the best Imo.

I have a german brother-in-law who lives in baden-wuttenberg.I have been over there about 7/8 times,Freiburg is a great city.As others have said ,always lots to do ,and everything is organised perfectly.Around lake constance is probably my favourite place.In the region they live in there is always festivals in the local towns winter and summer ,you are never stuck for something to do and lots of it is outdoors. I find them very friendly.Everytime we go over we are always get plenty of invites to partys,BBQ'S etc.
As others have said they are very direct ,on one occassion a guy I met only 10 mins earlier asked could his kids spend the summer with me to learn english.Can't imagine an irish parent asking a total stranger at a party to take their kids for a month.

I love Germany and it's people. My favourite person in the whole wide world (my wife) happens to be German, so you could say that I'm somewhat biased! Her family are great, every single one of them. There are of course slight cultural differences, but that's only to be expected. She comes from Lake Constance, and you're right Paddy, it's an absolutely beautiful spot. Gorgeous in both summer and winter. Lot's of little villages and towns on the lake shore, with plenty of medieval buildings. Slap bang in the middle of a wine region, the vineyards stretch down to the waters edge. Great wine, great food, great beer. Ah stop.... The lake is great to go sailing on in Summer, and in winter you've got the Alps to go skiing in. You're just a stones throw away from Austria and Switzerland. A fantastic spot all in all.

dfx- · 04-05-2012 3:24pm

Also 0.79c + 0.08c Pfand or recycling tax for a 500ml bottle of wheat beer

vs.

€1.20 + 0.15c for a bottle of Coca Cola.

They have the balance right.:)

Alun · 04-05-2012 6:02pm

dfx- wrote: »

Munich is a fabulous city, except that EVERYTHING is closed on Sunday by law except the Hauptbahnhof and a couple of others.

You should have lived there in the 80's like I did .. all the shops closed at midday on Saturday, except for one Saturday a month which was called a Lange Samstag, or long Saturday. Of course, you didn't get something for nothing, and the Monday after a Lange Samstag the shops didn't open until midday.

I'm pretty sure it's changed now, but I might be wrong.

tahina · 04-05-2012 9:47pm

I lived there as a child for 5 years i remeber a neighbour frau schneider to be exact roaring abuse at me from out her window all because i dropped a sweet wraper on the ground i was only three lolzzz

They are very exact if they dont like you they dont make an effort too be nice atleast they are not too faced =D

My dad is german and when i was 5 my mam (irish) and dad moved back to ireland and ever since dad says that irish people are the nicest nation of people he doesnt even want to be buried in germany so that in a way says alot about the german race....

tahina · 04-05-2012 9:50pm

Alun wrote: »

dfx- wrote: »

Munich is a fabulous city, except that EVERYTHING is closed on Sunday by law except the Hauptbahnhof and a couple of others.

You should have lived there in the 80's like I did .. all the shops closed at midday on Saturday, except for one Saturday a month which was called a Lange Samstag, or long Saturday. Of course, you didn't get something for nothing, and the Monday after a Lange Samstag the shops didn't open until midday.

I'm pretty sure it's changed now, but I might be wrong.

Yes shops open till 5 on saturdays but its only a recent thing maybe 10years or so

LeeHoffmann · 04-05-2012 10:08pm

unbelievable stereotypes abound about them. My own experience - without a doubt, the most welcoming people I´ve ever met.

flyswatter · 04-05-2012 10:11pm

They have efficient public transport and it's a great place to get naked or so they say.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-05-2012 10:14pm

When is the thread title going to be changed to Ze Germans?

The Germans doesn't sound right.

Fromthetrees · 04-05-2012 10:31pm

Ich komme in das mutter yedentag ya. :cool:

staker · 04-05-2012 10:33pm

Good man yourself.

Pottler · 04-05-2012 10:35pm

My old man was German - he worked in Ireland for years and was fairly well known around - I was in a big factory once doing a job and got talking to a manager who had been there years - he asked me about my surname (it's unusual) and it turned out he had worked with my da - "jasus he said, he was wild craic altogether-a b4stard to work -then he used to be down the town dancing on the bar with all the birds half the night.." - the words were out of his mouth before he thought about it, but I had a quiet chuckle - not your usual boring German I guess. Neither are any of the others I know- some of the coolest people I have met have been Germans, from expert (mad) mountaineers to hypercar fanatics comfy at 250mph. I like em, but like everywhere, there are good and bad and I know a fair few dull pedantic gits as well. Everywhere is everywhere, but I like ze Germans.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-05-2012 10:35pm

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Ich komme in das mutter yedentag ya. :cool:

What are you saying about me? :mad::mad:

TheBegotten · 04-05-2012 10:36pm

Probably already up but....

The irony is that they own us too! :P

tahina · 04-05-2012 10:55pm

I like germany might study medicine or vet there cheaper plus i can live in my home =] education is brillent too =]

Paddy Samurai · 05-05-2012 1:11am

tahina wrote: »

My dad is german and when i was 5 my mam (irish) and dad moved back to ireland and ever since dad says that irish people are the nicest nation of people he doesnt even want to be buried in germany so that in a way says alot about the german race....

At least here, you get to keep the grave:)

My in-laws is germany are only allowed to rent their grave.25 years per term.If they or their family don't renew the lease,whatever remains are left are dug up and put into a mass grave.The plot is then leased to someone else.
Not a bad idea IMO.

Professional Griefer · 05-05-2012 1:19am

God bless the Germans.

tahina · 05-05-2012 1:22am

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

tahina wrote: »

My dad is german and when i was 5 my mam (irish) and dad moved back to ireland and ever since dad says that irish people are the nicest nation of people he doesnt even want to be buried in germany so that in a way says alot about the german race....

At least here, you get to keep the grave:)

My in-laws is germany are only allowed to rent their grave.25 years per term.If they or their family don't renew the lease,whatever remains are left are dug up and put into a mass grave.The plot is then leased to someone else.
Not a bad idea IMO.

Ya i forgot about that no wonder why he wants to be buried in ireland

FergusODowd · 05-05-2012 1:23am

I, for one, welcome our new germanic overlords

tahina · 05-05-2012 1:25am

FergusODowd wrote: »

I, for one, welcome our new germanic overlords

Atleast their not as craiced as our insane bankers =]

charlemont · 05-05-2012 1:39am

The more I read this thread the more I want to go to Germany.

I was at a ski resort in Feldburg, Baden Wurttemberg once and even the snow was warm, Frieburg was the cleanest place I'v ever seen but of course one of the lads I was with had to put on a Hitler walk and start saluting people I'll never forget the face of one German who was snogging his girl and caught sight of us, His face just dropped...

tahina · 05-05-2012 1:44am

charlemont wrote: »

The more I read this thread the more I want to go to Germany.

I was at a ski resort in Feldburg, Baden Wurttemberg once and even the snow was warm, Frieburg was the cleanest place I'v ever seen but of course one of the lads I was with had to put on a Hitler walk and start saluting people I'll never forget the face of one German who was snogging his girl and caught sight of us, His face just dropped...

Hahaha lucky he didnt say heil hitler aswell or he would have been arrested =P germans are very embarressed by what happened i find anyway

IrishAm · 05-05-2012 1:47am

By and large, decent folk.

No real dealings with them except for when a German tour group stayed in a hotel I work at. When they finished checking in, the hall ported saunters over to the middle of the lobby, sticks up the ould right arm, just like the good old days when himself was in charge over there and shouts out "elevators that way". Stands there giving the Nazi salute whilst they about forty of them walk by him with a mixture of amazement and confusion on their faces.

One of the funniest things I have ever seen. :pac:

charlemont · 05-05-2012 1:47am

tahina wrote: »

Hahaha lucky he didnt say heil hitler aswell or he would have been arrested =P germans are very embarressed by what happened i find anyway

It was on a side street but the clown had also been in a large department store on kaiser joseph strase and once he went up the elevator to the top floor he spotted it was full of bathroom accessories so you can guess what he said then..

someuser905 · 05-05-2012 1:50am

there is some truth in stereotypes

policarp · 05-05-2012 1:57am

The Germans want to rule the roost again. . .
Vote Maybe for a better Germany. . .
Vote Yes for the same. . .
Vote No. for What if?

tahina · 05-05-2012 3:09am

The germans are so pissy at the moment about the situation with the debt ridden countries that they actually would prefer to leave the euro now thats more the citizens than the gov obviously but they are overall really pleased on how we have coped unlike greece.. But thats a story for a different fourm

tahina · 05-05-2012 3:12am

charlemont wrote: »

tahina wrote: »

Hahaha lucky he didnt say heil hitler aswell or he would have been arrested =P germans are very embarressed by what happened i find anyway

It was on a side street but the clown had also been in a large department store on kaiser joseph strase and once he went up the elevator to the top floor he spotted it was full of bathroom accessories so you can guess what he said then..

Scheiße =P

TeddyTedson · 05-05-2012 11:14am

Also people are often saying that Germany want to take control (well I guess they have now with the IMF) of the country through the EU.
I'd much rather the Germans having an input than not. They don't want to screw us. They want other counties to be as successful as themselves. Angela Merkel is a whore though. I don't like her at all.

Ireland is actually quite similar to Germany except they are just like the old stereo type and super efficient. They don't like working 24/7. They go to work and do their jobs well and get out of there. Not like some jobs in this country where you can see people arsing about at a snails pace.

It's great to see so many people have such great things to say about ze Germans

I wonder where we can go from here.

mongdesade · 05-05-2012 1:00pm

Ich mag das Deutsche leute…gute bier, feinen frauen und ausgezeichneten parteileute

goat2 · 05-05-2012 1:29pm

of all the countries in the european union, if i had my pick of the leader country, germany would get my vote,
i do think they are sound people, honest, hardworking, and decent, i have tham as neighbours all my life, went to school with them and worked with them, and i have nothing but good to say about them,

HavingCrack · 05-05-2012 1:54pm

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

At least here, you get to keep the grave:)

My in-laws is germany are only allowed to rent their grave.25 years per term.If they or their family don't renew the lease,whatever remains are left are dug up and put into a mass grave.The plot is then leased to someone else.
Not a bad idea IMO.

I don't know, seems a little bit disrespectful to people's remains to be dumped in a mass grave if they're family can't afford the payment for whatever reason.

OneArt · 05-05-2012 3:02pm

There's election campaigns going on here at the moment. One of the campaigning groups is the Pirate Party. On their posters some of the candidates are wearing bandanas and big gold earrings.

If only I'd paid my taxes I would so vote for them...

mandrake04 · 05-05-2012 3:44pm

I have worked/friends with a couple of Germans here in Oz and they are great bunch of lads, I would say definitely better than most of the muppets we have on here.

Heading back over to the Fatherland in September for a bit of training, they definitely know how to run a country.

Captain Graphite · 05-05-2012 4:32pm

Any German people I've met have been lovely. Never liked the German language but that's about the only thing I have against them.

Was in Munich when I was 13 but it was a school trip, so as you can imagine I didn't exactly take full advantage of it. Would love to go back to Germany some day though; have been told that Berlin, Hamburg and Koln are all brilliant cities to go out in.

mandrake04 · 05-05-2012 4:42pm

I think German language is easy enough, sure English is a Germanic Language.

Siuin · 05-05-2012 4:48pm

I've had a German housemate in two different accommodations for the past two years-- the first guy was a completely humourless bore, but the second girl was awesome (albeit a total clean freak). As with anyone- a mixed bag.

HavingCrack · 05-05-2012 7:38pm

mandrake04 wrote: »

I think German language is easy enough, sure English is a Germanic Language.

They diverged an awful long time ago though. A French person would learn Spanish or Italian a lot easier than an English speaker would learn German.

SurferDude41 · 08-05-2012 4:35am

Things I like about Germans-

They are very punctual, never late.
They are very hardworking,
They are very honest and straight forward.
They have tall blonde attractive uninhibited women....
They aren't brainwashed by the catholic church.
They are very organised.
They have excellent well educated politicans running their country, while we only seem to have corrupt gombeen men running our country into the feckin ground....arrrrggggghhhh

Things I dislike about bloody Germans....

They are so fecking organised about every area of their lives. They have a system for everything....
They seem incapable of being spontaineous,
They are very arrogant.
They are like sheep, they don't seem to work well on their own initiative.
They are rather robotic, once they make a plan its carried out.

When one of their well organised plans goes wrong.... they just seem to go into crebral meltdown.... This can be absolutely hilarious to watch....They rarely seem to include any sort of back up plan....this is prolly why they lost the war.....lol...

blatantrereg · 08-05-2012 4:44am

Have to disagree with the great diets assessment. Spent a week in Stuttgart. The food was dire and made me sick. Also rare to find a restaurant there that wasnt in the fast food category.

TeddyTedson · 13-05-2012 9:06pm

It's so nice to see so many people have such positive things to say about Germans.
I have a Dutch friend who says it best, "Germans are awesome"

Cassidy28 · 13-05-2012 9:08pm

I really like German people.

RobbingBandit · 13-05-2012 9:13pm

I like the Germans sense of humor.

Tigerbaby · 13-05-2012 9:17pm

worked in Frankfurt in the late '70's. What a lovely civilised and nice people. Great food. The best beer in the World. A cultured and beautiful Country and Race.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-05-2012 9:32pm

The best thing about the Germans is, compared to the Irish, is that they tend not to be judgemental or begrudge.

Happy, curious, interested in you (whereas the Irish people think you're a freak) and genuinely encouraging.

The humour thing is a myth, because of translation issues and the fact that Germans can be very self-conscious about their English. They might be fluent speakers, but they're very worried about making even minor mistakes.

Deus Ex Machina · 13-05-2012 9:36pm

grenache wrote: »

One aspect of how they differ from other nationalities would be in their eye for detail, or preciseness. For example, if one of my German customers is paying for an item, and the bill comes to €1.88, he/she will count out exactly that amount in change.

They sound like fucking weirdos, I don't think that is in any way indicative of how Germans generally act.

TeddyTedson · 13-05-2012 9:37pm

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

The best thing about the Germans is, compared to the Irish, is that they tend not to be judgemental or begrudge.

Happy, curious, interested in you (whereas the Irish people think you're a freak) and genuinely encouraging.

The humour thing is a myth, because of translation issues and the fact that Germans can be very self-conscious about their English. They might be fluent speakers, but they're very worried about making even minor mistakes.

You're a tad cynical about the Irish there, I actually find Germans to be very similar to Irish.

TeddyTedson · 13-05-2012 9:38pm

biko wrote: »

I prefer The Dutch.

Lol Biko, does that joke mean what I think it does

Fuinseog · 13-05-2012 9:41pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Don't mention the war

hilarious. as hilarious as the Germans constantly asking me about the IRA or whether I am protestant or catholic whenever I meet one.

The Germans

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