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Dutch sailor 'displaying' the Belgian method (not an actual method) of disposing of sea mines, 1939/1940? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 25 points 3 months ago

This is like when we Danes tell jokes about Swedes and Norwegians, I assume.

Like this: How many Norwegians to change a light bulb in the ceiling?

Answer

Three; one to hold the lightbulb and two to carry them while going in circles.

[-] zout@fedia.io 15 points 3 months ago

This is exactly the same with the Dutch and the Belgians.

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 16 points 3 months ago

Belgian: "One loaf of bread please".

Baker: "White or brown bread?"

Belgian: "Doesn't matter, it's for a blind person".

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As a Virginian, we tell West Virginian and Kentuckian jokes. How many west virginians to change a lightbulb?

!Whole family, one to hold the bulb, the rest to turn the shack!<

How many Kentuckian does it does tocl change a lightbulb?

! I'm not sure, you'd have to convince them it isn't magic first!<

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Raised in Maryland, same kinds of jokes we tell about West Virginia, lmao.

A West Virginian boy got mad at a Marylander, so he threw a stick of dynamite at the Maryland boy. The Marylander picked it up, lit it, and threw it back.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Ha! Nice! Take that, Wear Virginia! Lmao

We had others, but most of them revolve around how, ahem, close their families are. Lol

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

FYI, spoilers don't work like Reddit (or at least not on my web client.) Try doing it the way Limfjorden did:

AnswerThree; one to hold the lightbulb and two to carry them while going in circles.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

The ones using colons don't work on my client, but the built in ones using the > and ! do. I'm on eternity

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Strange. I think colons are the official way (as I'm just on default web lemm.ee,) so that might be something to contact your client's devs with.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Or the Bavarians tell about Austrians.

Lightbulb jokes are universal, only the target changes. The Bavarians have some long-form jokes ("Two Austrians go on vacation to the Sahara...") that I'd never heard before going to Germany.

In case anyone is wondering, the joke (actually) goes:

Two Bavarians go on vacation to the Sahara and quickly find themselves bored. Being German, they decide to do something constructive, and decide to build a bridge from whatever scrap wood they can find. Two weeks pass in happy industry, but as they're flying home, the first slaps his head and says, "We have to go back!" "Why," asks the second. "Because we signed our names on it, and if anyone finds we built a bridge in the desert, we'll never hear the end of it!" says the first.

So they switch planes and head back. As they near the bridge, the first says: "Stay here, and I'll go check the coast is clear," and he heads off over the dunes. A while later, he returns, crestfallen. "We are undone," he cries, "a couple of Austrians found our bridge already!" "What are they doing," asks the second. The first answers:
"Fishing off it."