I got this joke from an English friend. I’m a bit leery about posting politically incorrect humor, but it is funny and I don’t think I can get in too much trouble for jokes about Europeans.
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The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.
Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”
The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbor” and “Lose.”
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be alright, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is canceled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
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Deee-lightful. I follow a German blog to keep up with Hitler bells in churches, and a pansy-left Britcom blog that screeches against Brexit without actually praising Anschluss. p.s. Appreciate the Aussie updates above. -libertariantranslator
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The final line is actually –
Americans, meanwhile, are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case.
I started laughing around the bit with the Scots. For some reason I thought of Merida. Yup, she’s the very front-most of the front lines and trigger happy with that bow. Thank you, Disney, for your horrible mis-stereotyping… of all things medieval as well. You’d do well to take a leaf from the book of your recent purchase. (“Captain America: The First Avenger” may have been a sci-fi-ish movie, but it was very well researched and executed. “Brave” wasn’t even certain of the era it resided in. Christian, or before missionary activity? I could not tell.)
(I think that all the Hetalia fans hate both of us now…)
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In Heaven, the French do the cooking, the Germans do the repairs, the Swiss run the railroads, the British run the police, and the Italians are the lovers.
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The one about the French reminds me of this oldie but goodie.
Q- How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
A- Nobody knows; it’s never been tried.
Or this:
Q- What do you call a hundred thousand Frenchmen with their hand up in the air?
A- The army.
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In Australia, “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” hasn’t been seen since 1942. During that time, the threat level was raised to “The barbie is canceled” for a few days, such as when the Japs bombed Darwin and when they sent mini-subs into Sydney Harbour. By December 1942, the Aussies had gone back to “She’ll be right, Mate.”
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This is great. I especially like the glass bottoms on the Spanish submarines.
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Is that ironical ?
The US government has raised its threat level from “AMERICA #1 to “They hate us for our freedom”. As soon as they will be able to broadly identify on a map where the threat is actually coming from (evil commies? oil-land? cocaine-and-they-do-my-laundry southern peninsula?), they will be able to switch to higher levels, namely “Shout in English to non-English speakers and bomb civilians in rocky deserts” and “Victory!”. Please note that the latter hasn’t been used for the last 60 years of constant military campaign (Korea? Vietnam? Iraq I? Somalia? Afghanistan? Iraq II?) and has been replaced by edgy and scarlet “Support our troops!” messages.
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