Reply to: German official says 'No bilateral aid for Greece'

[Mich the Tester]

Michael Ingenieurfürdentestvoncomputerprogrammen?

VON Ingenieurfürdentestvoncomputerprogrammen. Get it right man!

[Paddy]

Zere vos vonce a flourishing German community in Manchester, which contributed a great deal to the city’s development, building factories, concert halls, libraries and starting up the Halle Orchestra along the way. In the early 20th century many Germans left England as they suffered discrimination as WW1 got started, some people blindly assuming that German immigrants would support the other side. Others, like my family, Anglicised their names to avoid trouble and ceased to gather in German community groups. A better known example is the Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha family who changed their name to ‘Windsor’ in 1917. Anyway, since the German community died out Manchester’s become a bit of a tuliphole.

Michael Ingenieurfürdentestvoncomputerprogrammen?

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Strange that it's the countries that had, and would have again, the weakest national currencies that want to ditch the Euro. Or not so strange perhaps.

As for the Germans, many educated Brits in WWI were opposed to the war on the grounds that we were fighting a culture superior to our own.

[HairyArsedBloke]

It would be worth the chaos to see the look on the French face.

Yes.

[doodab]

Is that cos you live in Germany?

Ha ha yes. The rest of them are on the beach in the canary islands.

[Mich the Tester]

The sad thing is Britain and the German states got on well in the 19th Century. If it wasn't for that Kaiser Wilhelm history could have been so different.

It won't happen but imagine if Germany ditched the Euro for the old Deutchsmark. The Euro's would be worthless overnight.

It would be worth the chaos to see the look on the French face.

Zere vos vonce a flourishing German community in Manchester, which contributed a great deal to the city’s development, building factories, concert halls, libraries and starting up the Halle Orchestra along the way. In the early 20th century many Germans left England as they suffered discrimination as WW1 got started, some people blindly assuming that German immigrants would support the other side. Others, like my family, Anglicised their names to avoid trouble and ceased to gather in German community groups. A better known example is the Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha family who changed their name to ‘Windsor’ in 1917. Anyway, since the German community died out Manchester’s become a bit of a tuliphole.

[Paddy]

The sad thing is Britain and the German states got on well in the 19th Century. If it wasn't for that Kaiser Wilhelm history could have been so different.

It won't happen but imagine if Germany ditched the Euro for the old Deutchsmark. The Euro's would be worthless overnight.

It would be worth the chaos to see the look on the French face.

I agree with every word of that.

[Flashman]

Why?

If the Euro included Germany, Holland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czech Republic and Austria, rather like a new ‘Hanseatic league’ everything would be fine. Just chuck out all the plebs and we Germanic types can dominate ze vurld!

Oh, sorry, just had a fit of the Teutonic gene syndrome there.

The sad thing is Britain and the German states got on well in the 19th Century. If it wasn't for that Kaiser Wilhelm history could have been so different.

It won't happen but imagine if Germany ditched the Euro for the old Deutchsmark. The Euro's would be worthless overnight.

It would be worth the chaos to see the look on the French face.

[DiscoStu]

i'm not sure it's working quite as intented, there are 3 german families on my street.

Is that cos you live in Germany?

[doodab]

nuLieBore are working on that.

i'm not sure it's working quite as intented, there are 3 german families on my street.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Ze English are Germanic also, did you know, my Britisher freund?

nuLieBore are working on that.

[DiscoStu]

Ze English are Germanic also, did you know, my Britisher freund?

Now you're just scaring me

[doodab]

The euro won't collapse. It will get harder for basket case eurozone countries to borrow money and the euro may weaken against other currencies but this will actually benefit Germany by making their exports more price competitive.

[Mich the Tester]

A new Germanic empire, I'm sure that would be welcomed by the rest of the world

Ze English are Germanic also, did you know, my Britisher freund?

[DiscoStu]

I bet you vote nu liebor too?

that is exactly the line of thought they hope you to have, what about the idea of "boot out the lazy greeks and let them adjust their currency as they see fit, sink or swim"

I think this is the problem. Booting a country out is nigh on impossible in the sort of timescales we're talking about.