I bet this Friend also thinks skibidi toilet is hilarious
lostinhh on
It isn’t one.
lime-enthusiast on
Not one I’ve heard before. Even if it was in German it wouldn’t be funny
Raingood on
How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb? – One. We are efficient, and this is not a joke.
DerEchteDaniel on
Cannot answer, joke too funny
MyPigWhistles on
It’s not an actual joke and not funny. If anything, the “joke” here is the cliche that Germans have no humor.
SadlyNotDannyDeVito on
This is a pure shitpost. There are some jokes that only work in German. “Two hunters meet. Both are dead.”, “A horse walks into a flower shop and asks ‘Do you have any dasies?'”, “Why is a Pilsner standing in the forest? Because the fir cones.”
But that isn’t one of them.
RedLemonSlice on
70% sure the German friend of yours was messing with you. He was probably playing off the stereotype about German humour and pulling a meta-joke on you.
Or 30% he’s just weird.
Mangobonbon on
German humour is no laughing matter.
MalachHaMavet36 on
German joke culture is very complex for not only do we have jokes, but we also happen to have anti-jokes. This is an example of the latter.
samit2heck on
Did you hear about the Mercedes that broke down? (The joke being that Germans consider Mercedes to be so reliable this would never happen).
Tobi406 on
Unless I’m like completly mistaken, but if you replace “landlord” with “waiter” and “drink” with “beer” it’s just a good old cliche joke. The waiter was confused the Austrian left the bar (and the beer he ordered), since everyone in Austria just loves beer so much.
But ok… now I do realize my assumptions sound quite absurd, must be the fever…
RefrigeratorMain7921 on
This joke feels like the bit in South Park where the German politicians are pissed off with Jimmy Valmer because he awards the Germans with the ‘Least funny people in the world’ award! So the German president cracks some ‘German’ jokes on the national news TV channel to prove that they are indeed funny.
p0ntifix on
Yeah this person is either talking out of their ass, or they tried to get a reaction out of Germans. They definitely succeeded in the later, no matter their intention. ^^
gtmarie on
This joke makes no sense to me, in English or German. I’m so confused
GlitteringSalt235 on
r/GermanHumor
londonskater on
Germans have a great sense of humour (as a Brit, I am an expert in making such judgements) and I thoroughly enjoy it, but it is sometimes hard to translate for export. My English humour translated into my simplistic German goes down well.
Fluffy-Hovercraft-53 on
I’m an Austrian and I don’t understand this joke.
Feckless on
It’s an anti-joke. German friend was messing with them.
DancesWithCybermen on
I’m stoned and think this is hilarious 😂
1porridge on
It’s not a joke, this person or their friend just made up a nonsensical story. It’s not funny and doesn’t mean anything in German either.
tab6678 on
Back in the 1990’s was a comedy show called Make me Laugh…comedians would tell jokes to make contestants laugh.
One guy, in a thick German accent:
“My father was from Frankfurt.
My Mother was from Hamburg.
That makes him a Frankfurter, and her a Hamburger.”
Then he waited for the groans and said,,
“Even in Germany, that joke sucks”
Everyone laughed.
Good_Fennel359 on
I need German friends
Parapolikala on
EDIT: I changed my mind. Now I think it’s probably just someone remembering a scene in a sitcom and not realising it doesn’t work when narrated as a joke.
Is this maybe a variation on “we have no sense of humour and are very efficient?” The idea being that the German telling the joke is supposed to find it hilarious precisely because Germans have no sense of humour? So nothing funny happens. And that’s the joke.
V4_Sleeper on
i asked a coursemate why he got himself a mini jcw amongst other sports cars and he said “because I’m not buying a LKW”
twice. i really wanna know why tbh but yeah
Tetragonos on
I once heard a German Joke that was made by and told by Germans in the 1940s who were anti-establishment.
Hitler is out for a drive with his driver to view the German countryside and relax. While they are driving along Hitler is pointing out a particularly beautiful view when *WHAM* they drive into and kill a pig.
The driver wants to just drive away but Hitler insists that he go and apologize. The driver goes up to the door, says a few words and gets *WHOOSH* pulled into the house door slamming behind him.
And Hitler waits… and he waits and JUST when Hitler is starting to get a little worried about his driver the man comes out of the door arms LOADED with food, drunk as a skunk!
Hitler says “What happened I thought they would be angry?!” and the driver replies ” I dont know! I just said ‘ Heil Hitler! The Pig Is Dead!’ and they kept giving me presents!”
What I like about that joke is that it is a very technical joke. The set up and delivery work incredibly well because of the time and the place in which they are set. Many jokes set up their own little universe and give it a quick twist but this one very much is grounded in reality and then reveals how strange a place we live in truly is.
herbieLmao on
Germans are indeed hilarious. When we speak English with our english speaking gamerbros on our discord, they are often dumbfounded by how much funnier it is to play with us then their own friends
FrancoisPenis on
He probably was messing with you, which is kinda funny
Altruistic-Field5939 on
German saying “Germans don’t have humor” is an example of humor common in germany
Elk-Tamer on
How many Germans do you need to change a lightbulb? One. We are efficient and have no sense of humor.
D15c0untMD on
There are many plays on words jokes that only work in german, absurdist ones were in style for a while.
What’s the difference between a duck?
Both legs are the same length, especially the right one.
GreenTeeJunky on
Well, seems just like the dude ran away because he couldn’t pay but in german it would be not funnier..
does_not_care_ on
Ok, I laughed. Is it really bad or am I German?
Spacemonk587 on
Despite not being funny, I don’t understand why it is the landlord who brings the drink, not the bartender?
sourpatch1288 on
Germans are corny, 99% percent of their jokes are what one would call a dad jokes in other places. That is the easiest way to understand their sense of humor.
Oyrelius on
Der Witz ist Mist.
RIPbyTHC on
I love when translating jokes to English makes them hard to understand – even for native speakers 🫠
Sydaphex666 on
Another good one: deutsche Sprache: Umfahren ist das Gegenteil von umfahren.
Only works when written down.
Ninsun_123 on
uhmmm… is it because “Wirt” and “verwirrt” sound similar? Does anyone have a good translation?
gangga_ch on
How many germans are necessary to change a lightbulb?
>!One. Germans are efficient and have no humor!<
Glaciem94 on
a french, a german and a polish ride a hot air balloon. first the french says: “we are over my country, I can see the Eiffel Tower”. later the German says: “we are over my country. I can see the Brandenburger Tor.” later the polish says: “Now we are over my country.” How do you know the other two ask. “my wallets missing”
Us germans love to joke about stereotypes. At least we used to
ProfessorWorldly5957 on
I was on a flight to Munich and the guy next to me asked the German speaking male flight attendant serving drinks if they serve juice and the flight attendant promptly says with a smile “Yes, we serve everyone.”
SleepingBeast97 on
I think the joke is that the austrian is at home at the bar. So much so that it calls the bartender the landlord.
Deichgraf17 on
Stehen 2 Kühe auf der Wiese und hacken Heizöl.
Kommt ein Pferd geflogen. Dann noch eins. Und noch eins.
Sagt die eine Kuh zur anderen: “Du, hier muss irgendwo ein Nest sein.”
“Ne, das sind Zuchpferde, die ziehen nach’n Süden.”
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I bet this Friend also thinks skibidi toilet is hilarious
It isn’t one.
Not one I’ve heard before. Even if it was in German it wouldn’t be funny
How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb? – One. We are efficient, and this is not a joke.
Cannot answer, joke too funny
It’s not an actual joke and not funny. If anything, the “joke” here is the cliche that Germans have no humor.
This is a pure shitpost. There are some jokes that only work in German. “Two hunters meet. Both are dead.”, “A horse walks into a flower shop and asks ‘Do you have any dasies?'”, “Why is a Pilsner standing in the forest? Because the fir cones.”
But that isn’t one of them.
70% sure the German friend of yours was messing with you. He was probably playing off the stereotype about German humour and pulling a meta-joke on you.
Or 30% he’s just weird.
German humour is no laughing matter.
German joke culture is very complex for not only do we have jokes, but we also happen to have anti-jokes. This is an example of the latter.
Did you hear about the Mercedes that broke down? (The joke being that Germans consider Mercedes to be so reliable this would never happen).
Unless I’m like completly mistaken, but if you replace “landlord” with “waiter” and “drink” with “beer” it’s just a good old cliche joke. The waiter was confused the Austrian left the bar (and the beer he ordered), since everyone in Austria just loves beer so much.
But ok… now I do realize my assumptions sound quite absurd, must be the fever…
This joke feels like the bit in South Park where the German politicians are pissed off with Jimmy Valmer because he awards the Germans with the ‘Least funny people in the world’ award! So the German president cracks some ‘German’ jokes on the national news TV channel to prove that they are indeed funny.
Yeah this person is either talking out of their ass, or they tried to get a reaction out of Germans. They definitely succeeded in the later, no matter their intention. ^^
This joke makes no sense to me, in English or German. I’m so confused
r/GermanHumor
Germans have a great sense of humour (as a Brit, I am an expert in making such judgements) and I thoroughly enjoy it, but it is sometimes hard to translate for export. My English humour translated into my simplistic German goes down well.
I’m an Austrian and I don’t understand this joke.
It’s an anti-joke. German friend was messing with them.
I’m stoned and think this is hilarious 😂
It’s not a joke, this person or their friend just made up a nonsensical story. It’s not funny and doesn’t mean anything in German either.
Back in the 1990’s was a comedy show called Make me Laugh…comedians would tell jokes to make contestants laugh.
One guy, in a thick German accent:
“My father was from Frankfurt.
My Mother was from Hamburg.
That makes him a Frankfurter, and her a Hamburger.”
Then he waited for the groans and said,,
“Even in Germany, that joke sucks”
Everyone laughed.
I need German friends
EDIT: I changed my mind. Now I think it’s probably just someone remembering a scene in a sitcom and not realising it doesn’t work when narrated as a joke.
Is this maybe a variation on “we have no sense of humour and are very efficient?” The idea being that the German telling the joke is supposed to find it hilarious precisely because Germans have no sense of humour? So nothing funny happens. And that’s the joke.
i asked a coursemate why he got himself a mini jcw amongst other sports cars and he said “because I’m not buying a LKW”
twice. i really wanna know why tbh but yeah
I once heard a German Joke that was made by and told by Germans in the 1940s who were anti-establishment.
Hitler is out for a drive with his driver to view the German countryside and relax. While they are driving along Hitler is pointing out a particularly beautiful view when *WHAM* they drive into and kill a pig.
The driver wants to just drive away but Hitler insists that he go and apologize. The driver goes up to the door, says a few words and gets *WHOOSH* pulled into the house door slamming behind him.
And Hitler waits… and he waits and JUST when Hitler is starting to get a little worried about his driver the man comes out of the door arms LOADED with food, drunk as a skunk!
Hitler says “What happened I thought they would be angry?!” and the driver replies ” I dont know! I just said ‘ Heil Hitler! The Pig Is Dead!’ and they kept giving me presents!”
What I like about that joke is that it is a very technical joke. The set up and delivery work incredibly well because of the time and the place in which they are set. Many jokes set up their own little universe and give it a quick twist but this one very much is grounded in reality and then reveals how strange a place we live in truly is.
Germans are indeed hilarious. When we speak English with our english speaking gamerbros on our discord, they are often dumbfounded by how much funnier it is to play with us then their own friends
He probably was messing with you, which is kinda funny
German saying “Germans don’t have humor” is an example of humor common in germany
How many Germans do you need to change a lightbulb? One. We are efficient and have no sense of humor.
There are many plays on words jokes that only work in german, absurdist ones were in style for a while.
What’s the difference between a duck?
Both legs are the same length, especially the right one.
Well, seems just like the dude ran away because he couldn’t pay but in german it would be not funnier..
Ok, I laughed. Is it really bad or am I German?
Despite not being funny, I don’t understand why it is the landlord who brings the drink, not the bartender?
Germans are corny, 99% percent of their jokes are what one would call a dad jokes in other places. That is the easiest way to understand their sense of humor.
Der Witz ist Mist.
I love when translating jokes to English makes them hard to understand – even for native speakers 🫠
Another good one: deutsche Sprache: Umfahren ist das Gegenteil von umfahren.
Only works when written down.
uhmmm… is it because “Wirt” and “verwirrt” sound similar? Does anyone have a good translation?
How many germans are necessary to change a lightbulb?
>!One. Germans are efficient and have no humor!<
a french, a german and a polish ride a hot air balloon. first the french says: “we are over my country, I can see the Eiffel Tower”. later the German says: “we are over my country. I can see the Brandenburger Tor.” later the polish says: “Now we are over my country.” How do you know the other two ask. “my wallets missing”
Us germans love to joke about stereotypes. At least we used to
I was on a flight to Munich and the guy next to me asked the German speaking male flight attendant serving drinks if they serve juice and the flight attendant promptly says with a smile “Yes, we serve everyone.”
I think the joke is that the austrian is at home at the bar. So much so that it calls the bartender the landlord.
Stehen 2 Kühe auf der Wiese und hacken Heizöl.
Kommt ein Pferd geflogen. Dann noch eins. Und noch eins.
Sagt die eine Kuh zur anderen: “Du, hier muss irgendwo ein Nest sein.”
“Ne, das sind Zuchpferde, die ziehen nach’n Süden.”
Thank you, I know where the door is.