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Heaven, Hell, and Europe...

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Greg

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Mar 3, 1986, 1:15:56 PM3/3/86
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In heaven,
the French are the cooks,
the Italians are the lovers,
the Russians are the generals,
the Germans are the mechanics,
and the British are the administrators.

But in hell,
the Russians are the mechanics,
the British are the cooks,
the French are the generals,
the Italians are the administrators,
and the Germans are the lovers!
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gregregreg

Michael P McKenna

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Mar 4, 1986, 12:39:42 PM3/4/86
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[Please do not feed the lineat.....]

I heard a different joke (not just a variation), with the same theme
as the heaven/hell/europe joke.

Canada could have been the best of all possible nations. They could
have had: French cooking, British government, and American know-how...

Instead they got: British cooking, American government, and French know-how.


Dwight S. Wilson

Disclaimer: If my employer's views agreed with mine he would probably
change them.

"SQUAWK.... Polly wanna finger... Polly wanna finger."

Carolyn Ann Ewald

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Mar 4, 1986, 10:15:36 PM3/4/86
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--> YEAH, BUT *WHAT* DO THE >>JAPANESE<< DO ???!?!?!??!?!?!?!??
(*shudder*)

ste...@kepler.uucp

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Mar 6, 1986, 7:29:00 PM3/6/86
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Yet another version of the European heaven and hell joke:

In heaven: The British are the police
The French are the chefs
The Germans are the engineers
The Italians are the lovers
The Swiss are the administrators.

In hell: The British are the chefs
The French are the engineers
The Germans are the police
The Italians are the administrators
The Swiss are the lovers!
--
You've got to start young if you're going to stick it out.
--Firesign Theater
Steve Schlich, MicroPro Product Development
{lll-crg,ihnp4!ptsfa,dual,well,pyramid}!micropro!kepler!steves

Craig Werner

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Mar 7, 1986, 4:14:14 PM3/7/86
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Consider the ideal (compiled from a collection of foreign friends):

A Japanese Wife, A Chinese Cook, A French Lover, an American House,
a British Car, and most of all, A Swiss Bank Account.

Hell is left as an exercise to the reader's imagination.
--

Craig Werner
!philabs!aecom!werner
"Sometimes you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place."

Roy Smith

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Mar 8, 1986, 1:07:45 PM3/8/86
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In France, everything is permitted unless it is prohibited.
In Germany, everything is prohibited unless it is permitted.
In Russia, everything is prohibited even if it is permitted.
In Italy, everything is permitted, especially if it is prohibited.
--
Roy Smith, {allegra,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Mark O'Shea

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Mar 13, 1986, 11:22:09 AM3/13/86
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Hell is trying to keep the British car running.

Mark O'Shea
AIM
Tektronix
Wilsonville, Orygun

Snoopy

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Mar 13, 1986, 9:45:58 PM3/13/86
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In article <23...@aecom.UUCP> wer...@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>
> Consider the ideal (compiled from a collection of foreign friends):
>
> A Japanese Wife, A Chinese Cook, A French Lover, an American House,
> a British Car, and most of all, A Swiss Bank Account.
>
> Hell is left as an exercise to the reader's imagination.

No, a Swedish house (filled with Danish furniture), an American computer,
a German car, and a British butler.

Snoopy
tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy

Peter Ladkin

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Mar 13, 1986, 10:43:32 PM3/13/86
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In article <23...@aecom.UUCP>, wer...@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>
> Consider the ideal (compiled from a collection of foreign friends):
> [...] a British Car, [....]

Unquestionably a joke.

Carlo Sgro

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Mar 15, 1986, 4:07:01 PM3/15/86
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>> Consider the ideal (compiled from a collection of foreign friends):
>>
>> A Japanese Wife, A Chinese Cook, A French Lover, an American House,
>> a British Car, and most of all, A Swiss Bank Account.
>
>No, a Swedish house (filled with Danish furniture), an American computer,
>a German car, and a British butler.

No!!! A Swedish maid!

Montgomery Scott

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Mar 19, 1986, 4:06:40 PM3/19/86
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Shouldn't that be a French maid?

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Rudy M Rumohr

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Mar 19, 1986, 4:27:51 PM3/19/86
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In article <5...@watdragon.UUCP> cjs...@watdragon.UUCP (Carlo Sgro) writes:

I'm kinda partial to my Swedish girlfriend, myself... :-)


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Necessity dictates the insertion of an appropriate disclamatory proclamation
into this section of this missive, both for assuredness of legality, and to
satisfy my lust for bombast.

"I've seen sex, and I think it's OK." -- Talking Heads

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