Everbody must have heard some time about the people who share theirknowledge about countries and capitals in the world even when their
general knowledge is not as strong as others'. The jokes about some
people saying 'ah, France, thats the capitol of Paris!' or the
other one where they say that Amsterdam is that country in Europe
where people can smoke a joint in the coffeeshop....
I have experienced a few new ones, never heard about before. Maybe
never existed before. But first a few years back when I lived in
Manchester, England. I heard this one many times from many English
people. It is always Germany again who causes the trouble. Maybe Jason
Statham referts to the good old past when everything was ok, when the
future was still good. Maybe he referts to that in the movie Catch
saying 'before ze Germans are here'.
When the English asked me where I am from, and I replied with the
answer 'I am Dutch',
Two months ago when I was in Lisboa for a few days, Paulo took me to his friends to have a dinner. Me being in the middle of proper Benfica Lisboa fans, I was telling Joao about my trip around the world. He was impressed and he decided to abuse me to promote his own club! Nearly propaganda!