Gross Britain

[Platypus]

Ha ha I just received a package shipped by Customer in Germany.

Last line of the address: "Gross Britannien" !

Who says the Germans have no sense of humour?!

[thunderlizard]

Actually, many people say that we Germans have nicht sense of humour!



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das Lizard auf der Donner

[TimberWolf]

I gather the 'Great' prefix was meant to signify 'greater', as in greater London.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Send 'body mist' back as a 'gift'. Make sure you write that on the outside.

[gingerjedi]

Henning Wehn

DP will like this guy, house prices, doomed etc etc, spot on though.

[MrMark]

Send 'body mist' back as a 'gift'. Make sure you write that on the outside.

Sehr gut!

[NotAllThere]

Of course the Germans have a sense of humour. It's just that it involves invading Poland.

"...hey, es war nur ein witz!"

btw, according to Freud, what lies between fear and sex?



















funf.

[darmstadt]

Ha ha I just received a package shipped by Customer in Germany.

Last line of the address: "Gross Britannien" !

Who says the Germans have no sense of humour?!

Pretty nearly correct, it should be:

Großbritannien

where the 'ß' does also mean 'ss'

[OwlHoot]

I gather the 'Great' prefix was meant to signify 'greater', as in greater London.

The philosopher Sir Francis Bacon suggested the 'Great' prefix in the early 1600s, to avoid confusion with Brittany in north west France. So yes, it is only supposed to be a geographical distinction.

[Sysman]

Henning Wehn

DP will like this guy, house prices, doomed etc etc, spot on though.

Not the world's greatest comedian, but what he says is spot on.