dux Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7433905.stm I mean come on! If that's the case I'm going to sue Mapcore for allowing German users to post here. The word is full of stupid I'm with the German paper. British Holiday makers = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenwolf Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Ab sofort schreibe ich nur noch auf deutsch in Mapcore. Ihr Briten könnt mich mal an meinen haarigen Eiern lecken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Sounds like the newspaper was way out of line IMO, by turning an incident of one unreasonable guy into an attack on the whole country. The lawsuit and the fact he won are ridiculous, but it's just one guy. If we're going to play the flip game, it's like a UK newspaper pulling every German stereotype out of the bag in a rant because one German was upset and sued because he couldn't find any decent German beer while on holiday in the UK. I suppose it's hard to look at the issue properly without knowing what kind of travel package was sold to the guy, of course. If it was marketed as an English-oriented holiday, he probably does have grounds to be a bit annoyed at his travel company. It'd be comparable to a German signing up for a UK tour sold in a German travel agency, and then once he gets there he finds out everyone else on the tour including the tour guide is Russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenwolf Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 The Bild is like the german version of The Sun btw. BBC shouldn't even care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-freak Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) -snip- Edited August 8, 2021 by e-freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minos Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 It also ridicules British cuisine, binge-drinking, fashion and sport, says that "athletically they are not up to much, they can't even take penalties" and points out that Austria and Switzerland - the hosts of this summer's Euro 2008 football championships - will be largely British-free zones this year as no British teams have qualified. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Lord Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Germans stealing all the sunloungers again That classic stereotype still refuses to die lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrieChamp Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 It also ridicules British cuisine, binge-drinking, fashion and sport, says that "athletically they are not up to much, they can't even take penalties" and points out that Austria and Switzerland - the hosts of this summer's Euro 2008 football championships - will be largely British-free zones this year as no British teams have qualified. lol Was gonna quote the exact same paragraph! (You got serrrrrved! ) Anyway, it's Bild... :roll: As Step mentioned, it's the German equivalent of the British "Sun". As the German band "Die Ärzte" put it nicely in their last album: Bild consists of "angst, hate, tits and the weather report". Just check the Sun before a soccer match between England and Germany, it's roughly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dux Posted June 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Germans stealing all the sunloungers again That classic stereotype still refuses to die lol. I do love this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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