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Published: 2010-03-06 08:42:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 5094; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 182
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...aand the punchline?The truck driver says, "No good, won't work. The problem's not down at the bottom - it's at the top the truck won't get through." [link]
I think this happens a lot with those kinds of jokes, but 3 countries recycling humour on their pet-hate neighbours. Everyone has a pet hate neighbour, I think...
Another interesting line: "The Dutch are widely viewed by the world (certainly the UK) as a nation of sex-crazed liberals who snort drugs with their morning coffee while recovering from the night's sexual-deviant orgy. How I wish it were true. So far nobody has offered me any porn, sex or drugs, but I live in hope. I think this misguided attitude stems from that most famous of Dutch attributes, the open mind, free thinking and spirit of good business and fair play (except where Germans, Moroccans and Belgians are concerned). "
:/ I'm soso about how it turned out, but I really wanted to cover this joke when I first found it while reading up about Holland/Netherlands.
In the future I want to do a bit more about Holland & Belgium's relationship, cooozzz it's funny :> :> :>
Yeah it's a rainy day today & I'm indoors so doing lots of drawing. Yey~
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Hahahahaha aww that's kind of a sad joke... yeah some countries just have this kind of relationship don't they? Since before anyone can remember, we've been making jokes about each other..... :3 as long as it's in good fun. It's like brothers & sisters that always tease & make fun of each other
In Russia there's a lot about Cossacks/Ukranians/Poles that go around...
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I know a good joke =3
The king of Belgium had enough of the jokes of the Dutch calling them stupid. So he grabbed his phone and called the Queen of the Netherlands. `We are tired that you guys make us sound so stupid in your jokes. So I demand that you guys do something stupid so that we can laugh.` `Alright, alright. We will do something stupid so that you guys can laugh.` Promised the Queen to the King and hung up her phone.
A few weeks later the King was fishing with his friends and remembered that he had asked the Queen so do something stupid. `Hello, I was wondering if you have done that stupid thing` He asked with a smile. `We build a bridge in the Sahara Desert. Are you guys happy now?` `Yes, thanks for doing that but you can remove it now.` He said snickering softly. `That wont be possible.` She answered the king. `... Why not?` `Your fishing on it.`
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Many movies portray brits as scandals, and sex crazed cheaters. It's interesting to me that they'd think the same about others. I like the girl in the pic, she's cite
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Thankyou~ yeah? I guess it's coz our relationship with the UK is a lot closer, but I've never seen a portrayal like that... what movies are you talking about?
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hmmm, it's realy true that we in holland have alot of jokes about belgians being complete idiots....
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here is a joke my uncle told me when i was in Norway (it is the same in Sweden)
"why are the basement windows in Sweden so dirty? because it takes too long to dig a hole and put the ladder in."
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Hmmmmm... I... don't really get it!
But yeah, lots of those jokes around, huh?
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it is just the Norwegians saying that the Swedes are stupid
i never said it was a good joke
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hah you should hear how the scandinavian "the others are stupid jokes" work. Danes make fun of Swedes who make fun of Norweigian who make fun of Finns who make fun of Russians. xD I was hoping France would change French into Dutch. and It would be a NEVER ENDING SPIRAL OF MOCKINGS!.. still funny though and youve got a great point with this :3
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I just now realised how awesome this chain of ridiculous is xD
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well, its not gonna be me because I couldnt fraw a straght line if there were a million dollers on the line.
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If I find time, I'm definitely trying it~
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Ah, the recycling of jokes. I think the whole world does that. It's still funny each time it's told, though. Strange.
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And they all don't seem to care much. x'D It seems that they're used to it. Making fun in good humour.
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(god, this was buried under tons of replies. Sorry for the wait)
Really? xD Hahahaha! But uh- outsider ignorance is playing a role here... what sheep joke?
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Hahahaahah that's what my message centre's like too....
Err, well. It's so well known here that it's weird to have to explain it
...so they say the NZ like to er.... like sheep. 'v'~~~~;;;; You don't really mention it if a Kiwi (NZers get called that too..) doesn't though, unless you're a rude bastard. Instead you mention what a pretty country it is
We do that for Tasmania too, it's bigger'n some countries in the world but COMPARED TO AUSTRALIA it's tiny, so we just assume everyone marries their cousin. ..and so on and so forth.
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Apparently lots of people's message centres are like that... Why does my browser keep wanting to correct me to 'center' when I type 'centre'?
Hahaha, I'm sorry to make you explain it. x'D But seriously? Just 4 million...? Now I know what my father meant...
I know about them being called 'Kiwi' but that doesn't mean I understand why. Kiwis are delicious. Ok, that sounds wrong somehow... AND OF COURSE MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD IS TINY COMPARED TO AUSTRALIA, IT IS IT'S OWN CONTINENT FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
/clears throat/ sorry. Had to say it. My country is very small, so.. x'D
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Yeah Australia is huge. I think Victoria (my state)'s the size of Germany or Japan... we can fit about 22 of them in the whole country... we have 22 million people. Most of it (85%?) is big empty desert or huge mining operations, y'know. Nobody actually LIVES there.
I think they get called kiwis because the kiwi bird comes from there [link] and it was used as their identifying logo in WW1 and 2. Kind of like Australians get called Skips? I hear it occasionally, not that often though
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Owh. I see. Sounds like there's a lot of leg room for everyone. 
I see what you mean. x'D I now get why most people over here think that Aussie's actually have kangaroos as their neighbours instead of humans.... you don't, right?
Aww, those birds are so cute. <3 Makes me think of the fruit... which made me hungry... I'll stop talking now.
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I think we're up there with Mongolia in the count of "least # of people per square kilometre". It's something like 2...
I have lots of human neighbours, the cities are really built up. Melbourne doesn't develop as fast as Sydney so we still have only a few apartment buildings & most people live in a house w. a backyard.
But BETWEEN the cities, there's tons and tons and tons of space...
Driving up to Sydney from Melb takes a day straight of driving (so 2 if you want to sleep
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Seriously? x'D Oh wow. Oh wow. Just wow.
Yeah, I've seen a recording of some of my relatives over there. They all have huge backyards.... I want a backyard too. It feels weird to live in a suburb without backyards. Eh, can you see any kangaroos between the cities? /shot
fff- that's a long drive. @A@; I remember driving to the Northern states... only took us a day straight. Hahaha... Australia sounds like an expansive country.
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It's the definition of expansive. And yeah, you DO see lots of kangaroos between the cities. And wombats and koalas
You can't ride them though
We don't really use our backyard, but I would be sad without it.
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Goodness, I'd love to see those animals. Over here we just have snakes and the occasional cows and sheep.
And I was so excited about riding a Kangaroo too. /kidding
x'D I'm really intrigued; what do you need a backyard for, actually, if you don't use it?
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Hmm... well backyards are just standard. Mum does lots of gardening, we have a pool for summer... BBQ! LOTS of barbecues. We lounge outside on warm nights, play guitar & get drunk while eating meat & salads, that's the Australian way.
When we were kids we would play outside a lot, now we don't as much...
FRONT yard is more useless. Only the dog ever goes there
There's this place 2 hours away from here called Healesville, it's like a zoo but all local animals. You can hold a friendly Koala or feed a Kangaroo there. That's as good as it gets though
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You have a pool. Oh man. /even more envious
x'D Here, the kids play in the streets between the houses. Well, they're more like lanes... But if there's no park around, we use the lanes. /nods/ Of course, it's common knowledge to not drive any faster than what one would call a snail's pace in the suburbs. :'D
We actually use our front yard. orz Only piece of greenery in the whole house. And well- when we host open houses, the front yard is usually when the guests sit. 
A petting zoo, you mean? =3= A friendly koala! I wanna goo...... All I've done so far is pet a deer. x'D
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Friendly Koalas are RARE
Yeah, even the poorest houses have yards in Australia... that's just what a house looks like in this country. When I went to Japan, I saw a 50-year-old lady who'd inherited her flat from her grandfather, that's how long people have been living in flats there...
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Yeah, judging from this picture -> [link] , I doubt it's really friendly. :'D I mean, look at it! >w< It looks evil... yet so adorable.
OTL /jealousjealous
50 year old lady inherited her flat from her grandfather- that's impressive.
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It... it's Australia! In colour..!
Come to think of it, Australia has SO MANY poisonous spiders & snakes... it's an unfriendly environment really.
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Don't worry about it, I'm happy he's in colour too! ;3; Finally! /wants to see moar
Yeah- my dad's opinion, "Maybe all the animals ran away from New Zealand and settled in Australia. Would explain why NZ has so little wildlife compared to sheep while Australia is full of 'em."
Of course, he's kidding. :'D NZ's sulphur content in the soil...
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BUT people die from shock - like if they see one while they're driving in their car and swerve... so there's campaigns to "not freak out" if you see one, because hospitals have antivenom.
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I know... xD
o_O; Oh man. And here I thought that they really died from shock. As in, you know, literally dying from shock. That would be awesome and sad at the same time. Yeah.
Lol, 'Do not freak out' campaigns. xD Now that's something new.
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I find it funny when countries do that, recylcling jokes and just changing the person. In America we love making jokes about other races!
Besides that, this was funny! I love your coloring style!
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Thankyou~ yeah that happens everywhere, I think. YO MAMA is my favorite kind of joke, coz it's universal!
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Thats one of my all time favorites!, If I dont like what some one says thats my answer! XD
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Eheheheh.. so true... >w< We often replace the word "idiot" in a joke with "Belgian" and even though we're pretty anti-racist, that's something no-one ever chickens out about
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Aw thankyou~~ I'm glad it makes sense and stuff and a person FROM Holland ACTUALLY likes it
We have those relationships with New Zealand, Tasmania, or other cities a lot though (for us in Melbourne, nothing about Sydney is good... NOTHING. :>)
I dunno why, I've been reading lots about Holland recently.
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Oooh I see.. But Holland is so small... we really mean nothing in Europe ;__; English misinterpret him? tell me all about it! :>
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I still think it'd be nice to be in a country with a long sophisticated history... not just 200 years of "killed the natives, got told to be a country by England."
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Hahah.. With us, it's just: Romans were here. Romans left here. We are growing as merchants. We become protestant. Blaaa.... We also get into wars with Spain. =w= But nothing special, really *sigh*
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