Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the …

Bill Bryson
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Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car. ✨ Bill Bryson (2010). Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe, p.25, Random House
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