Germany. What do you associate with Germany? - Page 15

Well, they sure know how to construct a two-way sword without cutting themselves.

Didn't know Danish was a Romance language.  =P  

"E pluribus unum" - Hamlet

Looks like those Legos don't come w/ instructions huh?

very influential country - second only to the US. for example, English are Germans wannabe. Germany is to England what the US is to Australia. heh

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Originally Posted by Lenni 

very influential country - second only to the US. for example, English are Germans wannabe. Germany is to England what the US is to Australia. heh

oulalala you have made my day!! :)
 

ha, Anaxilus - that one made me laugh. but I doubt that it's the Abrams battle tank that makes Irvine so safe.

as for handguns - if it wasn't for my issues with cross-dominance and some vague worries about my hearing, I'd be practicing a bit more often.

and back to the thread: having lived in Germany for a long time, I associate many things with many things - but the only one I miss today is CURRYWURST
 

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Originally Posted by Anaxilus 

Actually I have a Glock 19, HK USP, Sig P238, Kimber 1911, .50AE IMI Desert Eagle, Benelli M1 Super 90, AR15, and used to command an M1A1 w/ 2x7.62 240Gs, 1x .50 M2, 1x 120mm smoothbore Rheinmetall AG.  I also happen to live in one of the most consistently safe cities in the U.S. too.  Odd coincidence.    I guess I'm not as well educated as you thought.  

 

"CAN YOU SMEEELLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN'!"  There's nothing like watching 'The Undertaker' with Mozart's Requiem playing in the background while working on my Theory of Unified Physics.  

 

So yeah, Deutschland = PANZERS!

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Originally Posted by nickchen 

You must be of EU origin, or abnormously well educated (or both). I doubt that all is general knowledge in CA...

i am Canadian and we often make fun of Americans for knowing practically nothing about the world outside of the USA. but truth be told they really aren't all that different from Canadians other then we are north of them. stereotypically Canadians are nice people but i have met much nicer people on my trips to the united states.

oh and on topic i associate the following with Germany

Berlin wall

cold war

inflation

reparations

democracy

fascism

communism

Nazi Germany

Volkswagen

sennheiser

beer

science

mathematics

2 world wars

BMW

nice people

etc

Hohenfels in winter. Is the Schwarze Katze still open (doubt it)?

Bratwurst, Wäcken, order, schnell, precision, Mercedez-Benz, dunkel, München beer festival, eagle's nest, zyklon-b, Wagner, Goethe, krautrock and proto electro like Tangerine Dream, the boobs of Angela Merkel, big bertha, sauerkraut, new year ski jump in Garmich-Partenkirchen, Rummenigge, Willy Brandt, autobahn, trabant, manly DDR shot put women, stazi, berlin wall, Nosferatu, Derrick, blut und eisen............

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Originally Posted by bcasey25raptor 

i am Canadian and we often make fun of Americans for knowing practically nothing about the world outside of the USA. but truth be told they really aren't all that different from Canadians other then we are north of them. stereotypically Canadians are nice people but i have met much nicer people on my trips to the united states.

 

It's 30 years ago that I was in north america, however, I remember the average canadian being slightly less cool and a tad more cultivated than its southern counterpart back then. What I also liked was that the combination of pink and blond wasn't so omnipresent.

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Originally Posted by majestic12 

When I think of Germany these things enter my mind:

Hasselhoff, the Kelly family (I know -they're not from Germany, but I think that's where they had the most success), sausages, lederhosen, beer, more beer, porno, headphones, and cars!

Yes, lederhosen. Mmmmm.

Vacuums:

Lovely Miele

I love the products of Germany. I have forsaken all things electromechanical from China.

Here's one thing.

First things I think of now:

Sennheiser

Ultrasone

Beyerdynamics

AKG(Austrian, but i think of it)

WWII

and then my thought trails off

A year ago:

WWII

Hitler

Nazi's

SS

holocaust

Volkswagon

Wera