Helga, how many Germans does it take to change a light bulb ?
Ah, is this the one about the highly-trained quality control
checkers at the Lowenbrau brewery here in the beautiful city of
Munich where they have to carefully check that each and every
stage of the bier brewing process adheres to the Reinheitsgebot
ancient brewing laws laid down in 1516 which set minimum
standards for the purity of the ingredients otherwise they'd be
subject to extremely enormous fines so quality control is a
very important job both in terms of the quality of all the
Lowenbrau biers and of course the financial good health of the
company from the checking of the malted barley with the hops
not forgetting the pure Bavarian spring water by any chance ?
What we Germans lack in humour, we make up for in our bier.
How many
bureaucrats
-- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Seven-- one to supervise, one to arrange for the electricity
to be shut off, one to make sure that safety and quality
standards are maintained, one to monitor compliance with
local, state, and federal regulations, one to manage
personnel relations, one to fill out the paperwork and one to
screw the light bulb into the water faucet....
How many
armies
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
At least five. The Germans to start it, the French to give up
really easily after only trying for a little while, the
Italians to make a start, get nowhere, and then try again from
the other side, the Americans to turn up late and finish it off
and take all the credit, and the Swiss to pretend nothing out
of the ordinary is happening....
