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 Topic: Could you become a German?

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  • Could you become a German?
     OP - January 02, 2009, 01:05 PM
    take the test, and find out:

    http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=33093
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #1 - January 02, 2009, 01:32 PM
    You scored 30 out of a possible 33 points.

    Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport.

     Cheesy Although so many of those questions are the same throughout Europe.
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #2 - January 02, 2009, 01:34 PM

    "Who do you have to allow into your home in Germany, if asked?"

    Answer: Your landlord.


    Looks like no one owns their home in Germany.


    Why is this in English? Surly the first test should be the ability to read and understand german?
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #3 - January 02, 2009, 01:38 PM
    Q: "When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?"

    A 1933


    Is this something every german should know?
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #4 - January 02, 2009, 01:39 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 01:34 PM

    "Who do you have to allow into your home in Germany, if asked?"

    Answer: Your landlord.


    Looks like no one owns their home in Germany.


    Why is this in English? Surly the first test should be the ability to read and understand german?


    LOL. And do they have to give 24 hours notice? Or can they just barge in?  jawdrop Flaming mad
    The language of the mob was only the language of public opinion cleansed of hypocrisy and restraint - Hannah Arendt.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #5 - January 02, 2009, 01:56 PM
    What kind of nutter would want to live in Germany?
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #6 - January 02, 2009, 02:32 PM
    Quote from: abdalwali on January 02, 2009, 01:39 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 01:34 PM

    "Who do you have to allow into your home in Germany, if asked?"

    Answer: Your landlord.


    Looks like no one owns their home in Germany.


    Why is this in English? Surly the first test should be the ability to read and understand german?


    LOL. And do they have to give 24 hours notice? Or can they just barge in?  jawdrop Flaming mad


    No,l they cannot just "barge in". they have to fix a date at a reasonable time of the day.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #7 - January 02, 2009, 02:33 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 01:56 PM
    What kind of nutter would want to live in Germany?

    Plenty.  But we don?t let them in.  Roll Eyes
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #8 - January 02, 2009, 04:24 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 01:56 PM
    What kind of nutter would want to live in Germany?

    Frankfurt is a lovely city, so I could live in Frankfurt as a kind of nutter.
    Islam: where idiots meet terrorists.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #9 - January 02, 2009, 04:25 PM
    Quote from: Zaephon on January 02, 2009, 04:24 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 01:56 PM
    What kind of nutter would want to live in Germany?

    Frankfurt is a lovely city, so I could live in Frankfurt as a kind of nutter.


    Oh, we have much more beautiful and interesting places than Frankfurt on offer here...
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #10 - January 02, 2009, 04:35 PM
    A recent survey said that 30% of east Germans are openly racist and that falls to around 10 % for west Germany. I have also book marked an article about an attack on some Indian tourist in Germany by a mob of 100 or so.

    Germany might be a pleasant place for the lighter complexioned among us but for me, I don?t think I?d be welcomed.
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #11 - January 02, 2009, 04:48 PM
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    No,l they cannot just "barge in". they have to fix a date at a reasonable time of the day


    When I was a student I spent 2 months in East Berlin with 5 friends who all wore the hijab. We rented a flat from an enormous rather culturally naive man with a long blond moustache, stereotypically German. Early one morning he noticed that one of the bedroom windows was hanging off its hinges. He rang the doorbell and when I answered the door in my pyjamas, alarmed, he swept into the house, voice booming, and barged into the bedroom with a screwdriver to fix it. One of my friends was asleep on the bed next to said window, she woke up, took one terrified look at him then hid under the blankets and huddled there until the window was fixed to his satisfaction. Three fled into an adjacent bedroom and one hid behind a door. I nearly died laughing ...
    Life is a sexually transmitted disease which is invariably fatal.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #12 - January 02, 2009, 04:50 PM
    Quote from: Iris on January 02, 2009, 04:48 PM
    Quote
    No,l they cannot just "barge in". they have to fix a date at a reasonable time of the day


    When I was a student I spent 2 months in East Berlin with 5 friends who all wore the hijab. We rented a flat from an enormous rather culturally naive man with a long blond moustache, stereotypically German. Early one morning he noticed that one of the bedroom windows was hanging off its hinges. He rang the doorbell and when I answered the door in my pyjamas, alarmed, he swept into the house, voice booming, and barged into the bedroom with a screwdriver to fix it. One of my friends was asleep on the bed next to said window, she woke up, took one terrified look at him then hid under the blankets and huddled there until the window was fixed to his satisfaction. Three fled into an adjacent bedroom and one hid behind a door. I nearly died laughing ...


    well, he probably thought, the window could crash onto the street, hurting someone, and considered this an emergency...
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #13 - January 02, 2009, 04:57 PM
    Yeah, I dont think he necessarily was wrong, just that he should have been a bit more courteous about it.
    Life is a sexually transmitted disease which is invariably fatal.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #14 - January 02, 2009, 04:58 PM
    Quote from: Iris on January 02, 2009, 04:57 PM
    Yeah, I dont think he necessarily was wrong, just that he should have been a bit more courteous about it.


    Woman, you are talking not only about a German, but a BERLINER! Don?t expect miracles!  cool2
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #15 - January 02, 2009, 05:01 PM
     grin12

    Seriously though I had a blast, I've been to germany twice and absolutely loved it, though not enough to emigrate there...
    Life is a sexually transmitted disease which is invariably fatal.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #16 - January 02, 2009, 05:20 PM
    Quote from: Iris on January 02, 2009, 05:01 PM
    grin12

    Seriously though I had a blast, I've been to germany twice and absolutely loved it, though not enough to emigrate there...


    Yeah, I've been a few times and I enjoyed it, I loved shopping and eating out because the prices were amazingly better than the UK.  I loved the scenery, the snow when it fell, although it was powdery and wouldn't form into snow balls to pelt my sister with.

    The only thing that made me nervous was how angry everyone sounded when they were speaking, the language seemd harsh I guess because I thought everyone was argueing with each other  Cheesy.

    And animation guy, I didn't experience any racism.  I'm sure it exists, I just didn't experience it, the only place I have ever been subjected to racism was in yorkshire.
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #17 - January 02, 2009, 05:29 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy"
    Germany might be a pleasant place for the lighter complexioned among us

    Well, I guess that's why I mingled pretty easily, then.

    The Germans I've socialised with seemed to have nothing but conventional ideas about complexion and race. Nobody I met in Germany wanted to associate me with an oriental flavour. They generally assumed I were either Irish, or British. When I told them I'm Turkish, they asked if I had British parents. After the negative answer, they questioned why I am so "pale" as if being white is a European privilege.

    One of the strangest dialogues I had was like this, while I was trying to pick up a girl. The bar was pretty noisy, though.

    Girl: So, where are you from?
    Z: I'm Turkish. What about you?
    Girl: I'm from Argentina.
    Z: Oh. [a moment of silence]

    Girl: So, which part of England are you from?
    Z:  ...

    And yes, some of my friends lied about their nationality to escape the negative associations of the Orient. I didn't, and not because I have any nationalist sympathies. I just don't like lying.
    Islam: where idiots meet terrorists.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #18 - January 02, 2009, 05:31 PM
    If they let me live in Neuschwanstein for free.  dance
    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I remain.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #19 - January 02, 2009, 05:43 PM
    Quote

    And animation guy, I didn't experience any racism.


    How would you describe your complexion? I wouldn't travel to the middle east for the same reasons I wouldn't travel to Germany. There aren?t many places/conutries I?d feel comfortable. 
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #20 - January 02, 2009, 05:46 PM
    My sister was interrogated for four hours at Frankfurt airport. She is not Muslim, she is a qualified doctor. But er...yeah...she is swarthy...
    The language of the mob was only the language of public opinion cleansed of hypocrisy and restraint - Hannah Arendt.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #21 - January 02, 2009, 05:50 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 05:43 PM
    Quote

    And animation guy, I didn't experience any racism.


    How would you describe your complexion? I wouldn't travel to the middle east for the same reasons I wouldn't travel to Germany. There aren?t many places/conutries I?d feel comfortable. 


    Brown lol I'm pretty dark for a moroccan, got called paki quite a bit in yorkshire and even in morocco they call me " wal kahala" which roughly translates to "oh blackie".
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #22 - January 02, 2009, 05:54 PM
    Quote from: abdalwali on January 02, 2009, 05:46 PM
    My sister was interrogated for four hours at Frankfurt airport. She is not Muslim, she is a qualified doctor. But er...yeah...she is swarthy...

    On the other face of the medallion, I saw many black-white couples everywhere around Germany. There were a few black scientists working in our lab, too.
    Islam: where idiots meet terrorists.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #23 - January 02, 2009, 05:59 PM
    Quote from: abdalwali on January 02, 2009, 05:46 PM
    My sister was interrogated for four hours at Frankfurt airport. She is not Muslim, she is a qualified doctor. But er...yeah...she is swarthy...


    When I was coming back into Heathrow the guy at immigration inspected my passport for considerably longer then anyone else. I found it funny because he had a turban on and clearly not a native of the land. If it had happened on the outbound flight It would have pissed me off then how will I have enjoyed my holiday then?
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #24 - January 02, 2009, 06:01 PM
    Quote from: animation_guy on January 02, 2009, 05:59 PM
    Quote from: abdalwali on January 02, 2009, 05:46 PM
    My sister was interrogated for four hours at Frankfurt airport. She is not Muslim, she is a qualified doctor. But er...yeah...she is swarthy...


    When I was coming back into Heathrow the guy at immigration inspected my passport for considerably longer then anyone else. I found it assuming because he had a turban on and clearly not a native of the land. If it had happened on the outbound flight It would have pissed me off then how will I have enjoyed my holiday then?


    Oh yeah - that pisses me off the most. When I started my new job at a government office I had a long beard and trimmed moustache. This Indian dude demands to see my ID because I was in a secure part of the building (swipe card access only). That really gave me the shits.
    The language of the mob was only the language of public opinion cleansed of hypocrisy and restraint - Hannah Arendt.
  • Re: Could you become a German?
     Reply #25 - January 02, 2009, 06:19 PM
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    On the other face of the medallion, I saw many black-white couples everywhere around Germany. There were a few black scientists working in our lab, too.


    I see black-white couples all the time in London. It doesn?t mean a thing. Attitudes are different depending on the ethnicity. You don't see many other ethnicity going out with each other. If a asian-white couple or Asian-black or Chinese-black couple walk down the street they will get a different reaction.


    Quote
    This Indian dude demands to see my ID


    Some Indians are massive coconuts.
    oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!"
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